audiobook The Southern Exodus to Mexico: Migration across the Borderlands after the American Civil War (Borderlands and Transcultural Studies) by Todd W. Wahlstrom in History

Description

In Indian Territory the Civil War is a story best told through shades of gray rather than black and white or heroes and villains. Since neutrality appeared virtually impossible; the vast majority of territory residents chose a side; doing so for myriad reasons and not necessarily out of affection for either the Union or the Confederacy. Indigenous residents found themselves fighting to protect their unusual dual status as communities distinct from the American citizenry yet legal wards of the federal government.