Agents of EmpireNamed a Top Ten Book of 2023 by Civil War Books and Authors Agents of Empire expands the historiographical scope of Civil War studies to include the wars intersection with the history of the American West, demonstrating how the war was transcontinental in scope. Much more than a traditional Civil War regimental history, James Robbins Jewells work delves into the operational and social conditions under which the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment was