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Civil War general and Indian fighter James M. Williams : leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry
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Civil War general and Indian fighter James M. Williams : leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry / by Robert W. Lull.
ISBN
1574415026 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781574415025 (cloth : alk. paper)
1574415123 (e-book)
9781574415124 (e-book)
Published
Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, c2013.
Physical Description
xvii, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2013
Series
War and the Southwest series ; number 12
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
Contents
Bleeding Kansas, border ruffians, and Jayhawkers
Williams, Lane's brigade, and the Civil War
The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment
They "fought like tigers:" Island Mound, Missouri
The regiment: "a day of great rejoicing," and grim reality at Sherwood
Into Indian territory: first Battle of Cabin Creek
The Battle of Honey Springs, Indian Territory
The Red River campaign and the Camden Expedition
The Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas
Confederate atrocities and Steele's retreat
A brigade, another massacre, and second Cabin Creek
Back to Arkansas: final campaigns, promotion, peace, and transition
Indian wars in the west with the Eighth Cavalry
Campaigning: Fort Whipple, Arizona territory
Recuperation, a new family, and Fort Selden, New Mexico
Fort Bayard, New Mexico territory
Frontier ranching, congressional accolades, and redemption
Conclusion.
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