Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865

Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865

The first phase of the Civil War was fought west of the Mississippi River at least six years before the attack on Fort Sumter. Starting with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Jay Monaghan traces the development of the conflict between the pro-slavery elements from Missouri and the New England abolitionistsÂ who migrated to Kansas. "Bleeding Kansas" provided a preview of the greater national struggle to come.
The author allows a new look at Quantrill's sacking of Lawrence, organized bushwhackery, and border battles that cost thousands of lives. Not the least valuable are chapters on the American Indiansâ€™ part in the conflict. The record becomes devastatingly clear: the fighting in the West was the cruelest and most useless of the whole affair, and if men of vision had been in Washington in the 1850s it might have been avoided.

Country	USA
Author	Jay Monaghan
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Bison Books by University of Nebraska Press
EAN	9780803281264
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0803281269
Label	Bison Books by University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	Bison Books by University of Nebraska Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	454
PublicationDate	1984-12
Publisher	Bison Books by University of Nebraska Press
Studio	Bison Books by University of Nebraska Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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