Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 Volume 1 - 5

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Volume 1 : The Struggle for Apacheria
Patterned after the classic Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, this series of five volumes will be the most comprehensive work on the military aspects of the Indian Wars in the West. The author will gather a wide variety of first-person accounts that are not generally available elsewhere, relying primarily on unpublished manuscript accounts and contemporaneous newspaper articles. Each article covering an event or battle will be placed within its context, with background information on the author of the article, a historical introduction evaluating the article's accuracy and significance, and a "for further reading" list of sources.
Part One: Raids and Reprisals in Apacheria, 1865-72; Part Two: Crook's Tonto Basin Campaign and After, 1872-78; Part Three: Uprisings and Unrest, 1878-83; Part Four: The Sierra Madre Campaign and After, 1883-85; Part Five: Chasing Geronimo, 1885-86; Part Six: The End of the Apache Wars.

Volume 2 : The Wars for the Pacific Northwest
The second in a five-volume series that will tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West in the words of the soldiers, non-combatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. Patterned after the classic Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, the series will represent the most comprehensive work on the Indian Wars in the West yet published. "Volume II" covers five distinct conflicts and their aftermaths: The Snake-Paiute War and After (1866-72), The Modoc War (1872-73), The Nez Perce Campaign (1877), The Bannock War (1878), and The Sheepeater Campaign (1879). It contains accounts from participants on both sides of the conflict, including George Crook, Charles King, and Nelson A Miles, as well as Chuslum Moxmox (Yellow Bull), Young Two Moon, and Heinmot Tooyalakekt (Chief Joseph).
Part One: The Snake-Palute War and After, 1866-72; Part Two: The Modoc War, 1872-73; Part Three: The Nez Perce Campaign, 1877; Part Four: The Bannock War, 1878; Part Five: The Sheepeater Campaign, 1879.

Volume 3 : Conquering the Southern Plains
This is the third in a planned five-volume series that will tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West in the words of the soldiers, non-combatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. Volume III offers as complete a selection of outstanding original accounts pertaining to the struggle for the Southern Plains and Texas as may be gathered under one cover. It contains accounts from such notable military participants as George Armstrong Custer, Nelson A. Miles, Wesley Merritt, and Frederick W. Benteen.

Volume 4 : The Long War for the Northern Plains
Includes articles by such notable figures as George Custer, Philip Sheridan, Nelson A. Miles, and artist Frederic Remington Covers the Powder River Expedition of 1865, the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, Custer's Last Stand, Wounded Knee, and much more. This is the fourth in a planned five-volume series that seeks to tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West, using the words of the soldiers, noncombatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. To paint as broad and colorful a picture as possible, riveting firsthand materials have been carefully selected from contemporaneous newspapers, magazines, and unpublished manuscripts. This volume offers as complete a selection of original accounts of the Northern Plains campaigns as can be assembled under one cover.
Part One: Platte River Bridge and the Powder River Expedition, 1865; Part Two: Red Cloud's War, 1866-68; Part Three: The Yellowstone Expedition, 1873; Part Four: The Black Hills and Beyond, 1874-76; Part Five: The Summer Campaign of 1876; Part Six: The Winter Campaign of 1876-77; Part Seven: The Odyssey of the Northern Cheyennes, 1871-90; Part Eight: The Death of Crazy Horse, 1877; Part Nine: The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee, 1890-91.

Volume 5 : The Army & the Indian
This is the final instalment of a series that seeks to tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West, using the words of the soldiers, non-combatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. To paint as broad and colourful a picture as possible, riveting first-hand materials have been carefully selected from contemporaneous newspapers, magazines, and unpublished manuscripts. A fitting conclusion to the series, this volume offers a more general perspective on the frontier army and its relationship with the Native American residents of the West.