{"product_id":"agents-of-empire-the-first-oregon-cavalry-and-the-opening-of-the-interior-pacific-northwest-during-the-civil-war-hardback-9781496233035","title":"Agents of Empire; The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior Pacific Northwest During the Civil War (Hardback) 9781496233035","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior Pacific Northwest During the Civil War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Robbins Jewell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496233035\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 17 photographs, 2 illustrations, 7 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e does a great deal to illuminate the contours of the Civil War in a region that is often missing from general histories of the conflict.\"-Evan C. Rothera, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nineteenth Century History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Jewell's book is an exemplary work that stands as the definitive history of the First Oregon Volunteer Calvary and Oregon's military history during the Civil War. Not only does it deserve a spot in Oregonians' libraries, it deserves a place in any true collections of Civil War and westward expansion scholarship.\"-Gregory P. Shine, \u003ci\u003eOregon Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"The men of the 1st Oregon Cavalry never saw a Johnny Reb, much less got the chance to shoot at one. The nearest Civil War battlefield was more than a thousand miles away. But the 900 men who served in the unit between 1862 and 1866 all believed that they served the Union cause as dutifully as any man who crossed swords with Confederate soldiers on more renowned fields of battle. James Robbins Jewell's richly detailed regimental history connects their role in the Civil War with America's manifest destiny expansion into the Pacific Northwest.\"-\u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is the best of Jewell's multiple works on the First Oregon Cavalry over the decades, and could be a useful read for those studying military history or Native history in the Pacifi c Northwest.\"-Marc James Carpenter, \u003ci\u003ePacific Northwest Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Civil War military history readers should always resolve to venture outside traditional comfort zones every once in a while, and they can certainly do that through the education lessons offered inside James Jewell's highly original and praiseworthy scholarship.\"-\u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Well documented, with numerous maps and illustrations, \u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e will serve as a solid reference work on this neglected time, place, and people. It offers a variant view of overland emigration activities during the Civil War.\"-Robert Clark, \u003ci\u003eOverland Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e ably adds to the growing body of scholarship about the Civil War in the far west.\"-Patrick Kelly-Fischer, emergingcivilwar.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Deeply researched and richly detailed, \u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e makes a forceful argument as well as an engaging read. While Cascadia is generally viewed as a progressive area of the country, James Robbins Jewell reminds us that the region’s ‘founders’ were more complex and had a very different definition of ‘progress’ than we have today. Thus, Jewell’s work is not just an analysis of the process of the re-peopling of the Pacific Northwest and its establishment and growth but also has the power to illuminate many contemporary issues in the region today.”-Christopher M. Rein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Oregon may have been far from the seat of the rebellion, but the Civil War found its way to the Pacific Northwest. This excellent examination of the hard-riding Oregon Cavalry Volunteers is more than a regimental history. It reveals the extraordinary challenges of waging war in this remote region against Native peoples who tragically found themselves caught between waves of westering white civilians and increasingly aggressive military operations by volunteer soldiers. \u003ci\u003eAgents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to the growing body of work on the Civil War in the Far West, adding new dimensions and richness to our understanding of the war’s impact on the entire nation and its diverse peoples.”-Andrew E. Masich, author of \u003ci\u003eCivil War in the Southwest Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNamed a Top Ten Book of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Agents of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e expands the historiographical scope of Civil War studies to include the war’s intersection with the history of the American West, demonstrating how the war was transcontinental in scope. Much more than a traditional Civil War regimental history, James Robbins Jewell’s work delves into the operational and social conditions under which the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment was formed. In response to ongoing tensions and violent interactions with Native peoples determined to protect their way of life and lands, Colonel George Wright, head of the military’s District of Oregon, asked the governor of Oregon to form a voluntary cavalry unit to protect white settlers and farmers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By using local volunteers, and later two additional regiments of infantry from the region, the federal government was able to draw from the majority of Regular Army troops stationed in the Pacific Northwest, who were eventually sent to fight Confederate forces east of the Mississippi River. Had the First Oregon Cavalry failed to fulfill its responsibilities, the federal government would have had to recall Union forces from other threatened areas and send them to Oregon and Washington Territory to quell secessionist unrest and Indigenous resistance to land theft, resource appropriation, and murder. The First Oregon Cavalry ensured settlers’ security in the Union’s farthest northwest corner, thereby contributing to the Union cause.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Divisions and Dangers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Recruiting\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Transitions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Learning on the Job\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Fully Under Alvord’\u003cbr\u003es Control\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Bold Plans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Missed Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Doing More with Less\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: To the End of their Days\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600026693912,"sku":"9781496233035","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/agents-of-empire-the-first-oregon-cavalry-and-the-opening-of-the-interior-pacific-northwest-during-the-civil-war-hardback-9781496233035","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}