in in arans-mississippi west number of different engagements, battles, massacres with other , becauseerican groups the united states is going to move into the west. is one of the cornerstones of the republican party's vision for the american people, that the federal government will sponsor the move into the west. again, with the pacific railroad act, the homestead act, the land act and others, department of agriculture, on and on. all of these are part of the red states civil war. all these pieces of legislation were passed, at least in significant measure, because senators absented themselves from the united states congress. and again, because american people voted republicans into office in 1860. creek part of the civil war? it is an outgrowth of the civil war. it is an outgrowth of the same mechanisms and processes that -- that burst --birthed the civil war, but also features civil war soldiers. united states soldiers on the payroll, who are mustered into the union army. again, i wasn't being entirely glib when i said "yes, i think t is." is it as central a part of the civil war story as