War on the Frontier

The Civil War #23

by Alvin M. Josephy Jr., Time-Life Books

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Genres: Civil War, History, American Civil War, Transmississippi, Military History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1986

About the author

An American historian who specialized in Native American topics. He served as a combat correspondent during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star for his coverage of the U.S. capture of Guam. His interest in Native American history started during an assignment from Time Magazine.

Reviews

[Aaron G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of campaigns fought west of the Mississippi River. Enjoyed the part on the New Mexico Campaign. But the material is dated, and a couple of the sections seem to show bias, reflecting a slight pro-Confederate slant in the writing.

[Heinz Reinhardt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review forthcoming.

[Feyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend this fascinating book on some of the less well known campaigns of the Civil War that happened west of the Mississippi River.

[Jimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting book but it has the same problem as his longer book The Civil War in the American West: the chapters seem to be written as self-contained units by topic, rather than being written in chronological order.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is another of the Time-Life series, The Civil War. It has been in my home library since 1987.
The text is a discussion of many battles I was previously unaware.
I recommend it to those who study the Civil War.

[David Reynolds · Rating 4 out of 5]

More about the Indian troubles than the 'real' Civil War, but interesting all the same!!!!