Montana Territory & the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield
In this compelling collection of stories, historian Ken Robison illustrates how Southern sympathizers and Union loyalists, deserters and veterans, freed slaves and former slaveholders made a volatile and vibrant mix in frontier Montana. Discover how fiery personalities like Sidney Edgerton, Wilbur Fisk Sanders, and Thomas Francis Meagher fought to keep order, and created a legacy that helped shape modern Montana.
By Ken Robison. Softcover, 160 pages, b&w photos
