Fort Snelling and the Civil War
Stephen E. Osman (Author), Ramsey County Historical Society (Publisher)
"Fort Snelling was an integral part of our national history, but the crisis over slavery in the 1850s provoked fierce debate over whether the west would be slave or free. Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860 and civil war that followed dramatically changed Fort Snelling. This book tells stories of the 24,000 men (and a few women) who passed through the Fort on their way to Union Army service. The U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862 and its aftermath accelerated Fort Snelling's transformation. This book does not retell the story of that war; instead it depicts what that war meant to Fort Snelling's soldiers and civilians"-- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2017
Ramsey County Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2017