Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
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.
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