Civil War general and Indian fighter James M. Williams
Subtitle: leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry
By: by Robert W. Lull
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: War and the Southwest series -- no. 12; War and the Southwest series -- no. 12.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Denton, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781574415025; 9781574415124
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; Generals; Indians of North America; United States. Army. Cavalry, 8th; United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864); Wars; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bleeding Kansas, border ruffians, and Jayhawkers; title: Williams, Lane's brigade, and the Civil War; title: The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry; title: They "fought like tigers:" Island Mound, Missouri; title: The regiment: "a day of great rejoicing," and grim reality at Sherwood; title: Into Indian territory: first Battle of Cabin Creek; title: The Battle of Honey Springs, Indian Territory; title: The Red River campaign and the Camden Expedition; title: The Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas; title: Confederate atrocities and Steele's retreat; title: A brigade, another massacre, and second Cabin Creek; title: Back to Arkansas, a promotion, peace, and transition; title: West into Indian wars with the Eighth Cavalry; title: Campaigning: Fort Whipple, Arizona; title: Recuperation, a family, and Fort Selden, New Mexico; title: Fort Bayard, New Mexico; title: Frontier ranching, congressional accolades, and redemption; title: Conclusion.