| Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah Revised Edition Contributor(s): Colton, Ray C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806119020 ISBN-13: 9780806119021 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1984 Annotation: Here, given its full, significance for the first time, is the dramatic story of the struggle between Union and Confederate supporters for control of the southwest. "Mr. Colton sets out to show that the Civil War was by no means fought entirely east of the Missouri. He does so successfully and with such enthusiasm, indeed, that you almost forget that there were stirring doings elsewhere" -- New York Times. "Excellently documented and imaginatively written, this phase of the development of the American West comes alive under the author's skillful handling". -- Journal of the West. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| LCCN: 59007964 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.45" W x 8.29" (0.71 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they were complicated by the involvement of the Indians. The Confederate leaders had planned to annex a corridor from the Rio Grande in Texas to the California coast. Thus they would have had a pathway to the Pacific Ocean, areas rich in minerals, new territory for the expansion of slavery, and valuable military stores and equipment. They soon found that the land was more difficult to conquer than they had anticipated. The people of the Western Territories for the most part remained loyal to the Union, and the Confederate vision of empire failed to materialize. The emphasis in this book is on the Union campaigns against the Confederates and the Indians who sought to take advantage of the confusion of the Civil War. Yet it is also shown that the Western Territories came of age as a result of the conflict. When the Confederate invasion had been repelled, the Union leaders undertook vigorous campaigns for extermination or settlement of the Indians on reservations. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah all acquired their present boundaries and patterns of state government during the Civil War period.
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Contributor Bio(s): Colton, Ray C.: - Ray C. Colton was Professor of Continuing Education at Brigham Young University; retired of the Institute of Religion, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, University of California at Los Angeles. |