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Introducing: Kit Carson

January 22, 2020 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

Kit Carson is the only protagonist in The Three-Cornered War who is well-known outside of the Southwest, and western history. But what…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: 1st New Mexico Volunteers, American Civil War, Civil War West, Kit Carson, Navajo Campaigns, Navajo history, New Mexico Territory, Union Army, Valverde

Introducing: Alonzo Ickis

January 14, 2020 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

Alonzo Ferdinand Ickis was the first person I wrote about in The Three-Cornered War. I found his wartime diary in…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Alonzo Ferdinand Ickis, Colorado Gold Rush, Colorado Territory, Gold mining, Union Army, Valverde

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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