The Civil War in the Western Territories

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 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. Download The Civil War in the Western Territories – kino-fada.fr high level primer of both civil war and indian battles of the western territories and of the political changes which came about as a result.The Civil War in the Far West New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah is the least studied theater of the war Having lived there I find that strange because those years redefined the borders of all the states and created Arizona Colton s classic study has been around since 1959 and it still makes useful reading today.Colton gives a relatively brief 209 page description of the conflict in this region, focusing on the military aspects A long final chapter goes into politics, but those seeki The Civil War in the Far West New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah is the least studied theater of the war Having lived there I find that strange because those years redefined the borders of all the states and created Arizona Colton s classic study has been around since 1959 and it still makes useful reading today.Colton gives a relatively brief 209 page description of the conflict in this region, focusing on the military aspects A long final chapter goes into politics, but those seeking in depth political coverage will have to seek elsewhere Same goes with the economic and social aspects These are covered, but take a back seat to military operations.It s here that Colton is at his best the descriptions of battles are clear and full of color, and even the tiniest skirmish gets its due.A few criticisms the maps are a bit simple and the map of the Battle of Glorieta is reproduced so small that it is almost illegible Also, there is little coverage of the motivati...Ray Colton has written a good and detailed history of the Civil War in the territories of the US during the Civil War 99% of the Civil War is focused In The eastern and Midwestern theatre, however it was also fought in the Rockies and the southwestern desert as well Though none of the battles were fought on the brigade an...The author restricted this book to only four of the Transmississippi s territories New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah A littlethan half of the book covers the only major military campaign in the region, the 1861 1862 New Mexico Campaign It covers the campaign well but briefly , although it could have usedand better maps there were only four maps in this section, three of which were adapted from the Battles and leaders of the Civil War series, and none showed any tactical de The author restricted this book to only four of the Transmississippi s territories New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah A littlethan half of the book covers...When history books discuss the Western theatre of the Civil War, they restrict the discussion to the Mississippi corrador too little is said about the fighting in thC four corner states Not only was territory at stake so was the tons of Colorado and Nevada silver both si...This is a pretty good book on the War in the West I didn t think it was as good as Josephy s book.A good primer for a region of the American Civil War that is rarely written about.This was a good overview of the fighting and politics in the Four Corners states The reader is left wantingin the story of the ACW in the Southwest.

• English
• 22 October 2018
Ray Charles Colton
• Paperback
• 240 pages
• 0806119020
• Ray Charles Colton
• The Civil War in the Western Territories