TY - BOOK AU - Lull,Robert W. ED - Project Muse. TI - James M. Williams in the Civil and Indian wars: with the First Kansas Colored Infantry and Eighth US Cavalry T2 - War and the Southwest series SN - 9781574415124 AV - E467.1.W73+ PY - 2013/// CY - Denton, TX PB - University of North Texas Press KW - Williams, James M. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Cavalry, 8th KW - Biography KW - Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864) KW - Indians of North America KW - Wars KW - 1866-1895 KW - Generals KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Campaigns KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Bleeding Kansas, border ruffians, and Jayhawkers -- Williams, Lane's brigade, and the Civil War -- The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry -- They "fought like tigers:" Island Mound, Missouri -- The regiment: "a day of great rejoicing," and grim reality at Sherwood -- Into Indian territory: first Battle of Cabin Creek -- The Battle of Honey Springs, Indian Territory -- The Red River campaign and the Camden Expedition -- The Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas -- Confederate atrocities and Steele's retreat -- A brigade, another massacre, and second Cabin Creek -- Back to Arkansas, a promotion, peace, and transition -- West into Indian wars with the Eighth Cavalry -- Campaigning: Fort Whipple, Arizona -- Recuperation, a family, and Fort Selden, New Mexico -- Fort Bayard, New Mexico -- Frontier ranching, congressional accolades, and redemption -- Conclusion UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574415124/ ER -