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University of Arkansas Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Theophilus Perry war an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as "Walker's Greyhounds." Letters from Theophilus Perry describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate...
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University of Arkansas Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
"In the fall of 1861, fifty-one-year-old Rev. Francis Springer enlisted in the Union army. The following spring, Reverend Springer, a friend of and one-time neighbor to Abraham Lincoln, rode away with the 10th Illinois Cavalry. A witness to the Battle of Prairie Grove (December 1862), Springer was later named post chaplain at Fort Smith, where, in addition to preaching and ministering to the troops, he was placed in charge of refugees - widows, orphans,...
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Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xxi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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A collection of eleven essays that explore various topics associated with the Civil War and the state of Texas including the lives of Texas women during the war, slavery, and postwar experiences of Confederate veterans.
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English
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It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory...
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English
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"In May 1863, after months of hard and bitter combat, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg, burning the bridges over the Big Black River in its path. But after sustaining heavy casualties in two failed assaults against the rebels, Union soldiers are losing confidence...
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The University of Arkansas Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xi, 404 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the peoples of the Indian Territory found themselves in the midst of the American Civil War, squeezed between Union Kansas and Confederate Texas and Arkansas, they had no way to escape a conflict not of their choosing--and no alternative but to suffer its consequences. When the Wolf Came explores how the war in the Indian Territory involved almost every resident, killed many civilians as well as soldiers, left the country stripped and devastated,...
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Publisher
The University of Arkansas Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
" ... Collects diaries, letters, and memoirs excerpted from their original publication in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly to offer a first-hand, ground-level view of the war's horrors, its mundane hardships, its pitched battles and languid stretches, even its moments of frivolity. Readers will find varying degrees of commitment and different motivations among soldiers on both sides, along with the perspective of civilians. In many cases, these documents...
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