“Williams’s leadership and courage in organizing and commanding the 1st Kansas underscores that African Americans could fight and die as bravely as white Americans.”—Edwin C. Bearss, Historian Emeritus, U.S. National Park Service, author of Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

 

“This is Bob’s best book to date. It should attract a growing audience of Texas and Western history buffs.”—Louis R. Sadler, co-author of The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution