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/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:06:27 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-us http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008082246/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-one-its-all-about-silver-and-cattle.html http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008082246/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-one-its-all-about-silver-and-cattle.html 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.

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.
]]> Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com (Mike Harris) The Indian Campaigns Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:29:13 +0000 http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/20080909111/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-two-war-against-the-apaches-navajos.html http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/20080909111/civil-war-and-the-west/the-indian-campaigns/part-two-war-against-the-apaches-navajos.html 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.

"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.
]]> Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com (Mike Harris) The Indian Campaigns Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:57:15 +0000 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 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 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.

On Aug. 19, war came to New Ulm.
]]> Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com (Mike Harris) The Indian Campaigns Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:42:41 +0000