and YES he participated in the cavalry raid on the KS filth, who had for years gleefully robbed/raped/assaulted/burned the property & persons of Indians with GLEE. he told my great-uncle that it was the "best days work i ever did".
FACE IT, you are defending GARBAGE, when you try to excuse the renegades/criminals & FILTH from KS. every one of the men on the "kill lists" was wanted for common crimes in KS/MO/IT. EVERY ONE! (MANY of the KS filth on the "kill lists" were wanted for crimes, committed against "unionists".)
fwiw, the depredations against peaceful & mostly "dirt-poor" Indians was RACISM & war for FUN & PROFIT, pure & simple.
the TRUTH about the "border wars" is WELL-documented in our tribal records, so it is NOT "family legend". rather, it is simply the UNcomfortable TRUTH, which DY apologists would prefer to ignore/deny.
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He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
For Joshua Chamberlain and John M. Schofield,
Mr. Silverback