Peter Cozzens

"With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment...

"The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the southeastern Indians from their homelands....

"From 1861 to 1865 the Civil War dominated American life. ... This insightful book traces the course of the war through its key battles-- those with the most casualties, the strongest impact on future events, the most remarkable tactics, or the greatest significance as turning points in the course of the war. The content is organized chronologically..."--P. [4] of cover.

A magisterial, essential history of the struggle between whites and Native Americans over the fate of the West.