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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The military career of General James Monroe Williams spanned both the Civil War and the Indian Wars in the West, yet no biography has been published to date on his important accomplishments, until now. From his birth on the northern frontier, westward movement in the Great Migration, rush into the v...

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Autor principal: Lull, Robert W., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Williams, James M. > (James Monroe), > 1833-1907.
United States. > Army. > Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864)
United States. > Army. > Cavalry, 8th.
United States. > Army. > Cavalry, 8th > Biography.
United States. > Army. > Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864) > Biography.
Military campaigns.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Generals.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Indiens d'Amerique > Guerres > États-Unis > 1866-1895.
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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