144 The West: Introduction

We are now moving beyond the Civil War and examining the armies
role in the western United States. In the decades after the Civil
War came to an end, the regular army was sent west. After 1865,
with the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the
Homestead Act, settlement of the west accelerated. Unfortunately,
as the western states began to wholesale colonization, it brought
them into conflict with the native peoples who lived in the areas
west of the Mississippi River. As this series moves forward, we
will handle the various conflicts that were peppered throughout
this period from a regional perspective, going west to east. Stay
tuned!


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