{"product_id":"9780803259195","title":"The American Indian in the Civil War, 1862-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnie Heloise Abel describes the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, a bloody disaster for the Confederates but a glorious moment for Colonel Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles. The Indians were soon enough swept by the war into a vortex of confusion and chaos. Abel makes clear that their participation in the conflict brought only devastation to Indian Territory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in England and educated in Kansas, Annie Heloise Abel (1873–1947) was a historical editor and writer of books dealing mainly with the trans-Mississippi West. They include \u003ci\u003eThe American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist\u003c\/i\u003e (1915), also reprinted as a Bison Book. Abel's distinguished career is noted in an introduction by Theda Perdue, the author of \u003ci\u003eSlavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), and Michael D. Green, whose \u003ci\u003ePolitics of Indian Removal: Creek Government and Society in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (1982) was published by the University of Nebraska Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNP - Nebraska","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020293325040,"sku":"9780803259195","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803259195_p0.jpg?v=1763739538","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803259195","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}