The Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains Volume 69

by Christopher M. Rein

During the Civil War, the Second Colorado Volunteer Regiment played a vital and often decisive role in the fight for the Union on the Great Plains--and in the westward expansion of the American empire. Christopher M. Rein's The Second Colorado Cavalry is the first in-depth history of this regiment operating at the nexus of the Civil War and the settlement of the American West.

Composed largely of footloose '59ers who raced west...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806164816
• ISBN13: 9780806164816
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"