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Cargando... Montana Territory and the Civil War:: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield (Civil War Series)por Ken Robison
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"In 1862, gold discoveries brought thousands of miners to camps along Grasshopper Creek. By 1864, the Federal government had carved the Montana Territory out of the existing Idaho and Dakota Territories.Gold from Montana Territory fueled the Union war effort, yet loyalties were mixed among the miners. In this compelling collection of stories, historian Ken Robison illustrates how Southern sympathizers and Union loyalists, deserters and veterans, freed slaves and former slaveholders living side by side made a volatile and vibrant mix that molded Montana. Discover how fiery personalities like Union Colonel Sidney Edgerton and General Thomas Francis Meagher fought tokeep order in the newly formed frontier, while brave Confederate and Union veterans and their hardy families created an enduring legacy that helped shape modern Montana"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)978.6History and Geography North America Western U.S. MontanaClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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As for the book, any history of the War of the Rebellion in a western state is going to have to come up with an approach which sidesteps the fact that there was little (or, in this case, no) military action, at least between USA and CSA forces, in the territory. Aside from passing mention of a few scattered donnybrooks between Unionist and Confederate miners and some Indian fighting, most of which happened after the war, this book consists of mini-biographies of individuals who settled in Montana after the war, sometimes emphasizing their lives there and sometimes what they did during the war. Though not all of these people are completely uninteresting, the overall effect is to make for a tedious read which is much more about Montana than anything about the war which one hasn't read dozens of times before. ( )