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.