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Campaigns, United States, Generals, Indians of North America, United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th, United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864), Wars, Biography, History, United states, army, infantry, United states, army, biography, Generals, biography, Indians of north america, wars, 1866-1895, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaignsPlaces
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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
2013, University of North Texas Press
in English
- 1st ed.
1574415026 9781574415025
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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