Regulars in the redwoods : the U.S. army in northern California, 1852-1861

Summary: The clash between settlers and Indians during California's early statehood has been marred by myth and stereotype. This new work, based on original research, explores how animosities became a battle for land and sustenance as competition for prosperity heightened. California's tumultuous era between discovery of gold and the Civil War brought an abrupt admittance to statehood in 1850 and the replacement of military government standards with new political aims. Little was left for Indian sustenance. Amid the flux, between California citizens and California Indians, was the Regular Army.

Record details

ISBN: 0870622145
ISBN: 9780870622144
Physical Description: print
283 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1852 Into the redwoods -- 1853-54 Scouts and expeditions -- 1855-56 Military intervention -- 1855-56 Detachments and exploring parties -- 1857 Onto the Indian reservation, again -- 1858 March and countermarch -- 1859-60 Separating settlers and Indians -- 1859-60 Troubles and triumphs east of the redwoods -- 1861 Out of the redwoods -- Epilogue -- Appendix A, Commanders -- Appendix B, Generals.