The Civil War in the American West
By: by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Edition: 1st Vintage Civil War Library ed.
Series: Vintage Civil War library
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780679740032
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-437) and index.
"Originally published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1991"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: I. The glory road to New Mexico.; title: "Texas ... Texas"; title: Up the Rio Grande; title: Gettysburg if the West; title: II. Anguish if the Northern Plains.; title: Red morning on the Minnesota; title: Columns of vengeance; title: III. The ordeal of general banks.; title: Of ships and mud; title: "The earth will shake and the wool fly"; title: IV. War on the western trails.; title: Agents of manifest destiny; title: The iron fist; title: V. The wasteland.; title: The way to Pea Ridge; title: Fading trumpets