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

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289

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Table of Contents

Bleeding Kansas, border ruffians, and Jayhawkers
Williams, Lane's brigade, and the Civil War
The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
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, a promotion, peace, and transition
West into Indian wars with the Eighth Cavalry
Campaigning: Fort Whipple, Arizona
Recuperation, a family, and Fort Selden, New Mexico
Fort Bayard, New Mexico
Frontier ranching, congressional accolades, and redemption
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Denton, TX
Series
War and the Southwest series -- no. 12, War and the Southwest series -- no. 12.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.0092, B
Library of Congress
E467.1.W73 L85 2013, E467.1.W73L85 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 289 p.
Number of pages
289

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30663682M
ISBN 13
9781574415025, 9781574415124
LCCN
2012050962
OCLC/WorldCat
823742318

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