Civil War and the Indian Wars

Many historians of the Indian wars seem to credit the War Between the States as a significant factor in the uprising of numerous tribes during these same years. In fact, the continuous exposure to white civilization, the incursion by whites with modern technology, and an ambiguous government policy had caused frustration as far back as two decades before the Civil War began. This account of some of the conflicts between American Indians and whites from 1861-1865 depicts the struggles among disen