In the 19th century, over 250,000 Native Americans lived in the Great Plains -- between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains. After the Civil War, however, the U.S. government began to increasingly ...
Preparations. Through June 12 (Philip H. Sheridan to George W. Cass ; W. Milnor Roberts to Cass ; Roberts to Thomas L. Rosser and Cass ; Montgomery Meigs to his family ; Rosser's diary, May 22-June 12 ...