Columns of vengeance : soldiers, Sioux, and the punitive expeditions, 1863-1864 / Paul N. Beck.

"The Punitive Expeditions of 1863 and 1864 against the Dakotas led to some of the most significant engagements between the Sioux and the U.S. Army. However, they have been underappreciated and less covered by historians than the Dakota War of 1862 and the latter post Civil War conflicts with the Sio...

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Main Author:	Beck, Paul Norman, 1958-
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Dakota people > Wars, 1862-1865. Dakota people > History. Dakota people > Wars, 1862-1865 > Personal narratives. Indigenous peoples of North America > Wars > 1862-1865. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / Native American. HISTORY / Military / United States. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre:	Personal narratives.
Physical Description:	xiv, 314 pages : illustrations, maps
Format:	Book