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The Second Colorado Cavalry
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Author : Christopher M. Rein
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-02-13
The Second Colorado Cavalry written by Christopher M. Rein and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-13 with History categories.
During the Civil War, the Second Colorado Volunteer Regiment played a vital and often decisive role in the fight for the Union on the Great Plains—and in the westward expansion of the American empire. Christopher M. Rein’s The Second Colorado Cavalry is the first in-depth history of this regiment operating at the nexus of the Civil War and the settlement of the American West. Composed largely of footloose ’59ers who raced west to participate in the gold rush in Colorado, the troopers of the Second Colorado repelled Confederate invasions in New Mexico and Indian Territory before wading into the Burned District along the Kansas border, the bloodiest region of the guerilla war in Missouri. In 1865, the regiment moved back out onto the plains, applying what it had learned to peacekeeping operations along the Santa Fe Trail, thus definitively linking the Civil War and the military conquest of the American West in a single act of continental expansion. Emphasizing the cavalry units, whose mobility proved critical in suppressing both Confederate bushwhackers and Indian raiders, Rein tells the neglected tale of the “fire brigade” of the Trans-Mississippi Theater—a group of men, and a few women, who enabled the most significant environmental shift in the Great Plains’ history: the displacement of Native Americans by Euro-American settlers, the swapping of bison herds for fenced cattle ranges, and the substitution of iron horses for those of flesh and bone. The Second Colorado Cavalry offers us a much-needed history of the “guerilla hunters” who helped suppress violence and keep the peace in contested border regions; it adds nuance and complexity to our understanding of the unlikely “agents of empire” who successfully transformed the Central Plains.
Three Years And A Half In The Army Or History Of The Second Colorados
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Author : Ellen Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Three Years And A Half In The Army Or History Of The Second Colorados written by Ellen Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Colorado categories.
Three Years And A Half In The Army Or History Of The Second Colorados Union Volunteer Cavalry At War Against Indians Confederate Forces 1860 65
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Author : Ellen Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-08
Three Years And A Half In The Army Or History Of The Second Colorados Union Volunteer Cavalry At War Against Indians Confederate Forces 1860 65 written by Ellen Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with History categories.
Union horse soldiers in the far west Curiously for a work that is at least in part the regimental history of a cavalry unit, its author was a woman, Ellen Williams, who was not only a mere chronicler of the horse soldiers fortunes but who also campaigned with them as the wife of a bugler of the regiment. This remarkable camp follower recounts the activities of the Colorados in combination with her own first hand experiences which illuminate the text with a unique female perspective. The 2nd Colorado Cavalry's campaigns during the American Civil War involved combats with the Confederate Army, guerrillas and the hostile Indians of the western frontier. Organised in St Louis, Missouri in late 1863, the regiment was principally put to use as detached companies working in concert and numbers as the task required. For example three companies were despatched to Fort Lyon in the Colorado territory and then to various posts before being assigned to the protection of the Kansas border region from depredations by guerrillas which put them perpetually on the firing line until late 1864. Other companies were involved in the scout from Pleasant Hill, the expedition into Missouri, the scout to Lafayette and Jackson county and more. The principal engagements of the regiment against the Confederates were the battles of Camden Point, Second Lexington, Little Blue River, Second Independence, Byram's Ford, Westport, Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek and Second Newtonia. The regiment then moved to the District of the Upper Arkansas to engage in operations against hostile Indians around Forts Riley, Zarah, Ellsworth and Larned. It took part in numerous skirmishes including Godfrey's Ranch, Pawnee Rock and Plum Butte whilst also protecting the overland stage route from Denver to Julesburg until September of 1865. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Three Years And A Half In The Army
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Author : Ellen Williams
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-05-22
Three Years And A Half In The Army written by Ellen Williams and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-22 with categories.
Originally published in 1885, this is the recounting of the history of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry during the Civil War.
The Pike S Peakers And The Rocky Mountain Rangers
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Author : Kenneth E. Draper
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2012-05-07
The Pike S Peakers And The Rocky Mountain Rangers written by Kenneth E. Draper and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-07 with History categories.
Having been born and raised on the Missouri River at Atchison, Kansas, and having the ghosts of the Civil War about me constantly, I have been passionately interested in the Civil War as long as I can remember. The Victorian and antebellum homes with servant quarters still behind them, the wooded bluffs and caves where escaped slaves were hidden, and the mystique of the Missouri River area itself have maintained this feeling of the war for me. My mothers immediate family was from the Missouri River bottoms on the Missouri side and my fathers immediate family was from rural Atchison on the Kansas side. From my incomplete and somewhat misinformed family and formal history education, I assumed for most of my life that my mothers family was Confederate in its leanings and that my fathers family was Union. I was unaware that the town and countys namesake, Sen. David Rice Atchison, was from Missouri and had much Pro-Slavery activity. No effort has ever been made to change the towns name since the war. No Confederate tie to him was taught in any of my classes in school.
The Second Colorado Cavalry
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Author : Christopher M. Rein
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-02-13
The Second Colorado Cavalry written by Christopher M. Rein and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-13 with History categories.
During the Civil War, the Second Colorado Volunteer Regiment played a vital and often decisive role in the fight for the Union on the Great Plains—and in the westward expansion of the American empire. Christopher M. Rein’s The Second Colorado Cavalry is the first in-depth history of this regiment operating at the nexus of the Civil War and the settlement of the American West. Composed largely of footloose ’59ers who raced west to participate in the gold rush in Colorado, the troopers of the Second Colorado repelled Confederate invasions in New Mexico and Indian Territory before wading into the Burned District along the Kansas border, the bloodiest region of the guerilla war in Missouri. In 1865, the regiment moved back out onto the plains, applying what it had learned to peacekeeping operations along the Santa Fe Trail, thus definitively linking the Civil War and the military conquest of the American West in a single act of continental expansion. Emphasizing the cavalry units, whose mobility proved critical in suppressing both Confederate bushwhackers and Indian raiders, Rein tells the neglected tale of the “fire brigade” of the Trans-Mississippi Theater—a group of men, and a few women, who enabled the most significant environmental shift in the Great Plains’ history: the displacement of Native Americans by Euro-American settlers, the swapping of bison herds for fenced cattle ranges, and the substitution of iron horses for those of flesh and bone. The Second Colorado Cavalry offers us a much-needed history of the “guerilla hunters” who helped suppress violence and keep the peace in contested border regions; it adds nuance and complexity to our understanding of the unlikely “agents of empire” who successfully transformed the Central Plains.
Muskets And Bayonets
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Author : Don M. Mahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Muskets And Bayonets written by Don M. Mahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Colorado categories.
"The historic marches and battles that Wasson and Colorado's first volunteer company had in the War of the Rebellion is exciting to read and appreciate. From their first battle at Valverde, New Mexico, to the final shots fired at Newtonia, Missouri, the entire Civil War experience of this particular company and its regiment is one of heroism"--P. [4] of cover.
Action Before Westport 1864
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Author : Howard N. Monnett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Action Before Westport 1864 written by Howard N. Monnett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with History categories.
Action Before Westport presents the only full account the unusual and daring Civil War battle of Westport, Missouri, in 1864. The climax of this last-ditch Confederate invasion of Missouri, the battle ended forever the bitter fighting that had devastated the Missouri-Kansas border.
Cry Comanche
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Author : Harold B. Simpson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Cry Comanche written by Harold B. Simpson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
This volume is concerned only with the history of the original 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment authorized in March, 1855, and its assignment in Texas during the years 1855-1861. -- Preface.
The War Of The Rebellion
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Author : United States. War Department
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
The War Of The Rebellion written by United States. War Department and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Confederate States of America categories.