John P. Slough
The Forgotten Civil War General
John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America. As a politician, Slough fought abolitionists in the Ohio legislature and during Kansas Territory's fourth and final constitutional convention. He organized the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry after the Civil War broke out, eventually leading his men against Confederate forces at the pivotal engagement at Glorieta Pass. After the war, as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court, he struggled to reform corrupt courts amid the territory…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-6220-9
- EAN: 9780826362209
- Produktnummer: 35267125
- Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Richard L. Miller is a frequent presenter to Civil War roundtables and other history groups. He is the past president of the Puget Sound Civil War Roundtable. Miller lives in Seattle, Washington.
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