Note 919 — XIII. ASPECTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, 1864-1865
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Footnote 919:
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Inasmuch as the alliance with the Indians of the Plains was never fully consummated and inasmuch as these Indians harassed and devastated the frontier states for reasons quite foreign to the causes of the Civil War, the subject of their depredations and outrages is not considered as within the scope of the present volume.