The Civil War in the Old West: 10 Forgotten Battles
Marshal Nathan
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When most people picture the Civil War, they think of Gettysburg, Antietam, and the fields of Virginia. But a whole other war was fought in the West — across the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, the plains of Kansas and Missouri, and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma. These were the battles of Confederate invasion columns, brutal guerrilla raids, and massive clashes that decided the fate of the frontier, yet almost none of them made it into the textbooks. This is a countdown of 10 Civil War battles of the West: where they were fought, who won, and why this forgotten theater mattered far more than history remembers.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Introduction
0:34 — No. 10 Picacho Pass
4:39 — No. 9 Valverde
8:44 — No. 8 Glorieta Pass
13:20 — No. 7 Honey Springs
17:48 — No. 6 Pea Ridge
22:41 — No. 5 The Lawrence Massacre
27:20 — No. 4 Centralia
32:15 — No. 3 Mine Creek
36:54 — No. 2 Wilson's Creek
41:59 — No. 1 Westport
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I appreciate your even-handedness.
Learn some details
Though they fought no battles, few people have heard of Lot Smith’s Company. Abraham Lincoln needed troops to defend the telegraph lines from the Indians in Wyoming and Montana, so he asked the territorial governor, Brigham Young for a company of men to enlist in the Union army and serve out of fort Bridger in southwest Wyoming. I had two 2x grandfathers who served in the company. Like I said they mostly keep the native Indian from cutting the telegraph lines. They did have one skirmish one some of their horses were stolen by Shoshone Indians. They did get their horses back without much of a fight.
Video would have better much better had the battles been in chronological order.
Lawrence, KS, was aware that Quantrill was going to attack so they made preparations. A guard was set up to pre-warn the town. After a number of false reports the town relaxed and figured nothing was going to happen. Morning of the attack a young girl was out exercising her horse and noticed Quantrills group. She galloped back to town to give the warning but NOBODY believed her. Then all heck broke lose.
After the Lawrence Massacre, the Confederates continued South through Kansas. They fought a battle at Baxter Springs, KS. A Union force was marching to town unaware about the Confederate force. The Confederate force abandoned their attempt at trying to capture the fort at Baxter Springs, turned around and virtually devastated that Union column.
Westport was a 3-day Battle in the KCMO area and was a result of Price's failed attempt to capture St Louis shortly after Sherman captured Atlanta (Sherman did NOT fight in Missouri so that is one of your main ERRORs of the video). There are historical markets scattered throughout the KCMO/Westport area and a lot of them are in urban areas.
Westport & Glorietta Pass are both considered the "Gettysburg of the West" because of their 3-day respective battles, though Glorietta was fought a year earlier.
Mine Creek is the end result of the Westport battle. Also, the ONLY Confederate memorial in the state of Kansas was placed there a bunch of years ago and that created a major poo-storm!!
Have visited most of these battlefields.
Plenty of battles inissouri & Arkansas that would make a 2nd video possible.
Are these the same men/ unit responsible for the massacre at Wounded Knee?
general Joseph R West was a member of Carltons California column
Colorados met with West, under a flag of truth and was tortured and murdered,
West captured the Apache chief MANGAS Colorado, whose name is red sleeves. He had a soldier plunge a red hot bayonet into his leg. Then they shot him dead. They also scalped him
The Civil War in the Old West: 10 Forgotten Battles
Marshal Nathan
20,376 views
#CivilWar #AmericanHistory #History
When most people picture the Civil War, they think of Gettysburg, Antietam, and the fields of Virginia. But a whole other war was fought in the West — across the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, the plains of Kansas and Missouri, and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma. These were the battles of Confederate invasion columns, brutal guerrilla raids, and massive clashes that decided the fate of the frontier, yet almost none of them made it into the textbooks. This is a countdown of 10 Civil War battles of the West: where they were fought, who won, and why this forgotten theater mattered far more than history remembers.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Introduction
0:34 — No. 10 Picacho Pass
4:39 — No. 9 Valverde
8:44 — No. 8 Glorieta Pass
13:20 — No. 7 Honey Springs
17:48 — No. 6 Pea Ridge
22:41 — No. 5 The Lawrence Massacre
27:20 — No. 4 Centralia
32:15 — No. 3 Mine Creek
36:54 — No. 2 Wilson's Creek
41:59 — No. 1 Westport
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Which of these forgotten battles surprised you most? Drop a comment with the one you'd never heard of — and tell us where you're watching from.
#CivilWarHistory #OldWest #TransMississippi #USHistory #MilitaryHistory #ForgottenHistory #HistoryFacts