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Battlefields of Nebraska
ISBN 978-0-87004-471-7
Battlefields in Nebraska?
Surprisingly perhaps, there are several. Many of them are unique in our nation's annals, impressive in scope, and significant in their consequences.
The full display of Nebraska's military history is long, rich and enormously exciting. Nebraska was the scene of:
• A battle fought almost 300 years ago that for all practical purposes ended a Great Power's attempt to exert its authority over a substantial portion of the North American continent;
• The earliest encounter between the U.S. Army and the Plains Indians;
• The first clash of the Indian War of 1864;
• The last significant battle between Native tribes;
• The first engagement between U.S. forces and the Plains Indians following the battle of the Little Big Horn;
• The last great charge of the U.S. Cavalry;
• The death of the Native American leader whose passing signaled the end of the conflict on the plains.
These and an incredible number of additional encounters were fought east to west and north to south throughout the state. Many of them are little known, misunderstood, or unappreciated for their significance.
--From the foreword by Thomas D. Phillips
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