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The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and Native peoples in the fight for the West  Cover Image Book Book

The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and Native peoples in the fight for the West

Summary: "In The Three-Cornered War Megan Kate Nelson reveals the fascinating history of the Civil War in the American West. Exploring the connections among the Civil War, the Indian wars, and western expansion, Nelson reframes the era as one of national conflict - involving not just the North and South, but also the West. Against the backdrop of this larger series of battles, Nelson introduces nine individuals: John R. Baylor, a Texas legislator who established the Confederate Territory of Arizona; Louisa Hawkins Canby, a Union Army wife who nursed Confederate soldiers back to health in Santa Fe; James Carleton, a professional soldier who engineered campaigns against Navajos and Apaches; Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman who led a regiment of volunteers against the Texans, Navajos, Kiowas, and Comanches; Juanita, a Navajo weaver who resisted Union campaigns against her people; Bill Davidson, a soldier who fought in all of the Confederacy's major battles in New Mexico; Alonzo Ickis, an Iowa-born gold miner who fought on the side of the Union; John Clark, a friend of Abraham Lincoln's who embraced the Republican vision for the West as New Mexico's surveyor-general; and Mangas Coloradas, a revered Chiricahua Apache chief who worked to expand Apache territory in Arizona. As we learn how these nine charismatic individuals fought for self-determination and control of the region, we also see the importance of individual actions in the midst of a larger military conflict. The Three-Cornered War is a captivating history - based on letters and diaries, military records and oral histories, and photographs and maps from the time - that sheds light on a forgotten chapter of American history."--

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  • ISBN: 9781501152559
  • ISBN: 1501152556
  • ISBN: 9781501152542
  • ISBN: 1501152548
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Hardcover edition published 2020.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-314) and index.
Subject: West (U.S.) History Civil War, 1861-1865
West (U.S.) History, Military 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.)
Migration, Internal United States History 19th century
Federal government West (U.S.) History 19th century
Indians of North America West (U.S.) History 19th century
Indians of North America Government relations History 19th century
Indians of North America Wars 1862-1865
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Indiens d'Amérique Guerres États-Unis 1862-1865
Federal government
Frontier and pioneer life
Indians of North America
Indians of North America Government relations
Indians of North America Wars
Migration, Internal
United States
West United States
Genre: History.
Military history.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 470.9 .N45 2020 680211 Stacks Available -

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