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Pros And Cons In 1862 Research Paper

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In 1862 there was a great Sioux uprising in Minnesota. Although the Oglala and Brule Sioux were hundreds of miles away, their hearts were with their kinsmen in the north. They knew that a great war was going on between the white men of the North and the white men of the South. They were urged by messengers to go on the warpath and drive all the white men out of their country before they became too strong to be driven out. Anticipating open warfare, the Army ordered the construction of a series of new fortified posts. Among these were Camp Rankin near Julesburg, Mud Springs near Courthouse Rock, Fort Mitchell at Scotts Bluff and, to the west, Platte Bridge and Deer Creek Stations.. Many Indians favored a general massacre of the whites, but
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