Caught in the maelstrom : the Indian nations in the Civil War, 1861-1865 /
The Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles, were divided over Removal. Adjacent to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, the mixed blood English speakers sided with the Confederacy and the full bloods with the Union. Stand Watie led the mixed blood Cherokees. John Ross led the full blood Cherok...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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El Dorado Hills, California :
Savas Beatie,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | The Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles, were divided over Removal. Adjacent to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, the mixed blood English speakers sided with the Confederacy and the full bloods with the Union. Stand Watie led the mixed blood Cherokees. John Ross led the full blood Cherokees. The result was a civil war within the Civil War. Federal Reconstruction treaties forced the Indians to allow railroads and to sell their western lands. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611213362 1611213363 1940669685 9781940669687 |