Early in the Civil War, many states in the West hadn't taken sides: in certain wealthy mining areas, the scale could be tipped one way or the other. And so long as a territory remained neutral, unscrupulous characters could exploit the situation. When this exploitation included the shipment of arms, then the army had good cause to investigate - but not openly. Which is how Lt. Tracy Dalton found himself in Oregon disguised as a mining engineer.
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Early in the Civil War, many states in the West hadn't taken sides: in certain wealthy mining areas, the scale could be tipped one way or the other. And so long as a territory remained neutral, unscrupulous characters could exploit the situation. When this exploitation included the shipment of arms, then the army had good cause to investigate - but not openly. Which is how Lt. Tracy Dalton found himself in Oregon disguised as a mining engineer.
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