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The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson

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  • "A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--
  • "A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West during the Civil War, revealing a little-known, vastly important episode in American history. 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."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition
Extent
xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • TRAIL MEN.
  • Baylor
  • Clark
  • Glorieta
  • Davidson
  • Carleton
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Ickis
  • LAND OF SUFFERING.
  • THOSE WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY.
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Clark
  • Tséyi'
  • Carleton
  • Juanita
  • Clark
  • Juanita
  • Baylor
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Davidson
  • Juanita
  • Ickis
  • Valverde
Isbn
9781501152559
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The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
Title
The three-cornered war
Title remainder
the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
Statement of responsibility
Megan Kate Nelson
Title variation
  • How the West was won and lost during the American Civil War
  • 3 cornered war
Title variation remainder
the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--
  • "A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West during the Civil War, revealing a little-known, vastly important episode in American history. 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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1972-
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Nelson, Megan Kate
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.)
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Migration, Internal
  • Federal government
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous peoples
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
  • HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
  • HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
  • Federal government
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Migration, Internal
  • United States
  • West United States
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Native Americans
  • Native Americans
  • Native Americans
  • West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.)
Label
The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-314) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • TRAIL MEN.
  • Baylor
  • Clark
  • Glorieta
  • Davidson
  • Carleton
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Ickis
  • LAND OF SUFFERING.
  • THOSE WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY.
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Clark
  • Tséyi'
  • Carleton
  • Juanita
  • Clark
  • Juanita
  • Baylor
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Davidson
  • Juanita
  • Ickis
  • Valverde
Control code
1105750604
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition
Extent
xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781501152559
Lccn
2019018824
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9781501152542
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, map
System control number
(OCoLC)1105750604
Label
The three-cornered war : the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-314) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • TRAIL MEN.
  • Baylor
  • Clark
  • Glorieta
  • Davidson
  • Carleton
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Ickis
  • LAND OF SUFFERING.
  • THOSE WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY.
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Clark
  • Tséyi'
  • Carleton
  • Juanita
  • Clark
  • Juanita
  • Baylor
  • Mangas Coloradas
  • Canby
  • Davidson
  • Juanita
  • Ickis
  • Valverde
Control code
1105750604
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition
Extent
xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781501152559
Lccn
2019018824
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9781501152542
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, map
System control number
(OCoLC)1105750604

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