Race and radicalism in the Union Army
By: Mark A. Lause.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780252034466
Subjects: Brown, John, -- 1800-1859 -- Influence; United States. -- Army of the Frontier; Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Indian Territory -- History, Military -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian
Description: This title presents the untold story of the common efforts of whites, African Americans, and Indians on the Civil War's western front. Focusing on the radical followers of John Brown in territorial Kansas, Lause examines the impact of abolitionist impact of this triracial Unionism upon the military course of the war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.