Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations in Bleeding KansasUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 278 Seiten "Historians have written on "Bleeding Kansas" and on the frontier army as a constabulary force, but little scholarship exists on how the army performed its peacekeeping operations in the 1850s. In Peacekeeping on the Plains, Tony R. Mullis is one of the first scholars to detail the military concerns associated with peace enforcement in Kansas and the trans-Missouri West." "Between 1854 and 1856, the Franklin Pierce administration called upon the U.S. Army to conduct a series of peace operations in the newly formed Kansas and Nebraska territories. The army responded to the president's call by successfully completing a mission against the Lakota Sioux in 1855 and by aiding civil authorities in the imposition of peace among competing factions in Kansas during 1856." "Although these police duties were not always popular with the soldiers that conducted them, the purpose behind them remained constant - the maintenance of peace, order, and security. Given Americans' misgivings about a standing army and their limited expectations for it as a domestic peacekeeper, its use in this fashion during the 1850s was a delicate proposition." "By drawing on diverse sources, including official army correspondence, personal papers of key military and political leaders, and local accounts of army activities, Mullis shows how peace operations were conducted by the U.S. Army long before the second half of the twentieth century. He also presents a thorough analysis of the professional dilemmas confronted by army officers, as well as the delicate command and control issues associated with the different types of peace operations." "Mullis's assessment of the army's peacekeeping efforts in the mid-1850s offers a full understanding of the constraints and frustrations involved. Many of the dilemmas faced by the army in Kansas parallel those encountered in various spots around the globe today. |
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... rolls of microfilm was invaluable . My sons ' patience and understanding in enduring the embarrassment of me reading books while at- tending their basketball games and track meets is greatly appreciated . I could not have completed this ...
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... Roll 572; for an example of an emigrant escort request, see Major Cady to Major Page, May 5, 1854, Records of the United States Army Continental Commands, 1821– 1920, Letters Received, 1853–1861, Department of the West, pt. 1, RG-393 ...
... Roll 572; for an example of an emigrant escort request, see Major Cady to Major Page, May 5, 1854, Records of the United States Army Continental Commands, 1821– 1920, Letters Received, 1853–1861, Department of the West, pt. 1, RG-393 ...
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... Roll 548; and Sackfield Maclin, Paymaster, Fort Leavenworth, to Major Francis Page, Assistant Adjutant General, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., March 15, 1854, LR/DW. 19. For examples see “Indian Warfare—The Army,” St. Louis Republican, Great ...
... Roll 548; and Sackfield Maclin, Paymaster, Fort Leavenworth, to Major Francis Page, Assistant Adjutant General, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., March 15, 1854, LR/DW. 19. For examples see “Indian Warfare—The Army,” St. Louis Republican, Great ...
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... Roll 570. Spalding enclosed a clipping from the Kansas City Enterprise that expressed concerns over Indian affairs in the plains; “Report of the Secretary of War,” St. Louis Republican, December 10, 1854. For other examples, see Samuel ...
... Roll 570. Spalding enclosed a clipping from the Kansas City Enterprise that expressed concerns over Indian affairs in the plains; “Report of the Secretary of War,” St. Louis Republican, December 10, 1854. For other examples, see Samuel ...
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... Roll 547. Ruff denied accusations that he was present with the pro-slavery contingent at Franklin Road that threatened Lawrence in September 1856. 35. Major O. F. Winship, Asst. Adjutant General, USA, “Report 24 Peacekeeping on the Plains.
... Roll 547. Ruff denied accusations that he was present with the pro-slavery contingent at Franklin Road that threatened Lawrence in September 1856. 35. Major O. F. Winship, Asst. Adjutant General, USA, “Report 24 Peacekeeping on the Plains.
Inhalt
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The Sioux Expedition of 1855 | 61 |
Harney and the Peace of Fort Pierre | 86 |
Peace Land and Speculation | 119 |
Peacekeeping and Command Control Communications | 153 |
Kansas on the Precipice of Civil War | 194 |
John Geary the Army | 220 |
Conclusion | 234 |
Epilogue | 245 |
Bibliography | 251 |
Index | 273 |
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1st sess 2nd sess 33rd Cong 34th Cong actions American army’s associated August authority Bleeding Kansas Brulé Buchanan citizens civil command complete page image Congress Cooke Davis's December Delaware Democrats Department election emigrants Executive Document 50 federal troops Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley free staters Geary Geary's governor Harney Harney’s History House Executive Document Ibid Indian agents issue Jefferson Davis July Kansas-Nebraska Act KSHS Transactions Lakota land speculation Laramie Lawrence Leavenworth Lecompton legislature Louis Republican LRAGO Manypenny Marcy military force militia Missouri Montgomery Nebraska party Pawnee peace enforcement operations peace operations peacekeeping Pierce administration Pierce’s political popular sovereignty president pro-slavery protect Reeder Riley Roll sacking of Lawrence Secretary Senate Executive Document September serial settlers Shannon Sioux Sioux expedition slavery slavery extension Smith squatters telegram telegraph territorial tion Topeka Topeka Legislature treaty U.S. Army United Wakarusa War Washington West Wilson Shannon Woodson