Guarding the Overland Trails, Volume 24: The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry in the Civil War

by Robert Huhn Jones

The Civil War left the western trails vulnerable and dangerous. Emigrants still streamed westward and demanded protection. The mail still had to be delivered, the telegraph protected. The newly minted states of California and Oregon on the Pacific Coast were precious to the government in Washington, D.C., and the Mormon settlements in the Great Basin demanded close attention following the Utah War of 1858.

The 11th Ohio played a crucial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870623400
• ISBN13: 9780870623400
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"