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Tag: California Column

Introducing: James Carleton

February 4, 2020 Megan Kate Nelson 1 Comment

James Henry Carleton produced more primary document material than the other eight protagonists in The Three-Cornered War combined.  As commander…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: 1st California, Arizona Territory, Bosque Redondo, California, California Column, Civil War West, Department of New Mexico, James Henry Carleton, Los Angeles, New Mexico Territory, Santa Fe, Union Army

Lighting out for the Territories

August 18, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 19 Comments

Why do so few historians talk about the American Civil War in the West? And by “the West” I don’t…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Alonzo Ickis, Apache Canyon, Arizona Territory, California Column, Colorado Territory, Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory, Sibley Brigade, Texas, Valverde
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