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Washington Territory before the Civil War was the most remote place in the United States from the theater of conflict. Additionally, Washington Territory only had peace with the local Indians for three years when the Civil War began and the few settlers there were just recovering from the fear and economic strain those wars had caused them.
The Official History of the Washington National Guard, Volume III: Washington Territorial Militia in the Civil War (PDF), Headquarters, Military Department, State of Washington Office of the Adjutant General (Washington National Guard), c. 1967, WASH ANG PAM 210-1-3 – via Washington National Guard State Historical Society
History of the State of Washington. Macmillan Co. Adj. Gen (1893). Biennal Report of Adjutant General of State of Washington For the Years 1891-1892. Olympia, WA: O C White, State Printer. U.S. War Dept. (1897). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: Gov't Printing ...
A portrait from the late 18th century by an unknown artist, believed to depict Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798), a British naval explorer in 1792, who claimed the territory of modern-day Washington state in the Pacific Northwest region along the West Coast of North America for the United Kingdom / British Empire and named the inlet / bay of Puget Sound.
Agitation in favor of self-government developed in the regions of the Oregon Territory north of the Columbia River in 1851–1852. [3] A group of prominent settlers from the Cowlitz and Puget Sound regions met on November 25, 1852, at the "Monticello Convention" in present-day Longview, to draft a petition to the United States Congress calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River.
The U.S. territory of Washington became a U.S. state on November 11, 1889. ... Washington (state) in the American Civil War (2 ... Pages in category "Pre-statehood ...
The Clark family’s story is woven into the history of Washington County, from Samuel and Amanda’s journey north after the Civil War, to a life in Sharpsburg during Reconstruction.
Units and formations of the Union army from Washington Territory (1 P) Pages in category "Washington (state) in the American Civil War" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.