[1] Volunteer soldiers who served in Idaho did not fight against the Confederacy, but instead monitored traffic along the Oregon Trail and protected communications routes between the western and eastern United States.
Gold had been found at Orofino and Florence, Idaho that brought trouble with the friendly Nez Perce tribe.
The incident saw little coverage outside California and Utah, as most major newspapers were concerned with news of the main war fronts.
However the invasion of their territory by miners in 1863, to places like Silver City, brought on the Snake War.
After the Civil War, Idaho attracted many veterans of the Union Army to the state, including several governors.