BETWEEN TWO FIRES: American Indians in the Civil War - Softcover

Hauptman, Laurence M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684826682 ISBN 13: 9780684826684

Publisher: Free Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this monumental contribution to Native American history, Laurence Hauptman tells the hidden story of the 20,000 Indians who fought on both sides during the Civil War--and reveals why their participation hastened the government's genocidal war against them.

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From Booklist:

Very little of the information in this history of Native American participation in the Civil War is wholly news, and some--such as that Grant's aide, Eli Parker, was an Iroquois chief and that Cherokees under Stand Watie fought for the Confederacy--is known to most well-read Civil War enthusiasts. But no other recent author has pulled together into one accessible, well-written, and thoroughly researched book the full scope of Native American service in the Civil War. Indians participated both as groups and as individuals and with a wide diversity of motivation, but most had at least some notion that participation was a step forward to full acceptance in American society--a goal that, then as on too many other occasions, eluded them. The book requires some Civil War background knowledge to be fully appreciated, but to readers so prepared, it is unqualifiedly recommended. Roland Green

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684826682
• ISBN 13: 9780684826684
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320