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Civil War general and Indian fighter James M. Williams : leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry / by Robert W. Lull.

Title
Civil War general and Indian fighter James M. Williams : leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry / by Robert W. Lull.
Author
Lull, Robert W., 1944-
Publication
Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, c2013.

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Description
xvii, 289 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
This biography follows the military career of General James Monroe Williams, which spanned both the Civil War and the Indian Wars in the West.
Series Statement
War and the Southwest series ; no. 12
Uniform Title
War and the Southwest series no. 12.
Subject
  • Williams, James M. 1833-1907
  • United States. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864) > Biography
  • United States. Cavalry Regiment, 8th > Biography
  • 1861-1895
  • Generals > United States > Biography
  • Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
  • United States > Campaigns > Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Bleeding Kansas, border ruffians, and Jayhawkers -- Williams, Lane's brigade, and the Civil War -- The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment -- 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: Final campaigns, promotion, peace, and transition -- Indian wars in the West with the Eighth Cavalry -- Campaigning: Fort Whipple, Arizona -- Recuperation, a new family, and Fort Selden, New Mexico -- Fort Bayard, New Mexico -- Frontier ranching, congressional accolades, and redemption -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 1574415026 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781574415025 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1574415123 (e-book)
  • 9781574415124 (e-book)
LCCN
^^2012050962
OCLC
  • 823742318
  • SCSB-11861378
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