Old West New West Magazine – Your Travel & History Guide for Western Adventures. Enjoy Travel Tips, Discounts, Specials, Restaurant Reviews, National Park Information and Much More… http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/feed/atom.html 2012-02-09T22:07:22Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2008-08-22T01:29:13Z 2008-08-22T01:29:13Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008082246/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-one-its-all-about-silver-and-cattle.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As men began choosing sides and preparing to fight in America's Civil War, men in the West also were preparing to fight for their lands and their way of life: The warriors of America's Indian tribes.<br /><br />The Indian Wars of 1861-1865 are a little-recognized facet of America's Civil War, but it was a struggle that both Union and Confederate troops faced west of the Mississippi River.<br />

<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As men began choosing sides and preparing to fight in America's Civil War, men in the West also were preparing to fight for their lands and their way of life: The warriors of America's Indian tribes.<br /><br />The Indian Wars of 1861-1865 are a little-recognized facet of America's Civil War, but it was a struggle that both Union and Confederate troops faced west of the Mississippi River.<br /> 2008-09-09T04:57:15Z 2008-09-09T04:57:15Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/20080909111/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-two-war-against-the-apaches-navajos.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">When the federal government at the start of the Civil War ordered regular Army troops to return to the East to fight Confederate forces, it created a power vacuum in the West.<br /><br />"The Apaches watched the Army ride off, abandoning many frontier forts as they left, and they [the Apaches] thought they'd won, so there was a major increase in raids against the settlers," said Bob Spude, National Park Service historian in the agency's Intermountain Regional Office in New Mexico.<br />

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">When the federal government at the start of the Civil War ordered regular Army troops to return to the East to fight Confederate forces, it created a power vacuum in the West.<br /><br />"The Apaches watched the Army ride off, abandoning many frontier forts as they left, and they [the Apaches] thought they'd won, so there was a major increase in raids against the settlers," said Bob Spude, National Park Service historian in the agency's Intermountain Regional Office in New Mexico.<br /> 2008-08-31T18:42:41Z 2008-08-31T18:42:41Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/20080831104/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-three-the-war-turns-to-some-of-the-bloodiest-fighting.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In 1862, the town of New Ulm, Minnesota was a small, quiet settlement, mostly made up of German immigrants who had come to America eager to find a new life in the New World. They were farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen. They were families-mothers, fathers and children-busy working and playing, all of them excited about the future ahead of them.<br /><br />On Aug. 19, war came to New Ulm.<br />

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In 1862, the town of New Ulm, Minnesota was a small, quiet settlement, mostly made up of German immigrants who had come to America eager to find a new life in the New World. They were farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen. They were families-mothers, fathers and children-busy working and playing, all of them excited about the future ahead of them.<br /><br />On Aug. 19, war came to New Ulm.<br />