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03259aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 11D720EC177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 201027s2021 nmuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0826362192 020 $a 9780826362193 035 $a (OCoLC)1201679526 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nm $a n-us-nm 050 4 $a E467.1.S64 $b M55 2021 100 1 $a Miller, Richard L., $e author. 245 10 $a John P. Slough : $b the forgotten Civil War general / $c Richard L. Miller. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xv, 288 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America. As a politician, Slough fought abolitionists in the Ohio legislature and during Kansas Territory's fourth and final constitutional convention. He organized the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry after the Civil War broke out, eventually leading his men against Confederate forces at the pivotal engagement at Glorieta Pass. After the war, as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court, he struggled to reform corrupt courts amid the territory's corrosive Reconstruction politics. Slough was known to possess a volcanic temper and an easily wounded pride. These traits not only undermined a promising career but ultimately led to his death at the hands of an aggrieved political enemy who gunned him down in a Santa Fe saloon. Recounting Slough's timeless story of rise and fall during America's most tumultuous decades, historian Richard L. Miller brings to life this extraordinary figure"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Part I Ohio -- 1 Coming of Age -- 2 "An Ardent and Zealous Democrat" -- 3 Disgrace and Defeat -- Part II Kansas Territory -- 4 A Righteous Fight -- 5 Fruitless Labor -- 6 Two Elections -- Part III Colorado Territory -- 7 Gilpin's Pet Lambs -- 8 "The Great Mogul of the Colorado First" -- 9 "We Have Saved this Territory" -- Part IV Virginia -- 10 The Defense of Harpers Ferry -- 11 "Disorder and Vice Had Been the Rule" -- 12 Enemies within the Lines -- 13 "Why Then Am I Kept Here So Long?" -- Part V New Mexico Territory -- 14 Chief Justice -- 15 Disintegration. 600 10 $a Slough, John Potts, $d -1867. 600 17 $a Slough, John Potts, $d -1867. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01847865 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Judges $z New Mexico $v Biography. 651 0 $a New Mexico $x Politics and government $y 1848-1950. 650 7 $a Generals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939841 650 7 $a Judges. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00984490 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a New Mexico. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204269 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1848-1950 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219013459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11D720EC177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search