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Book Synopsis Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater by : James Willis
Download or read book Arkansas Confederates in the Western Theater written by James Willis and published by American Society for Training & Development. This book was released on 1998 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Arkansas' 9th infantry regiment. The regiment became a part of Reynolds' Brigade. The 2nd part of this vol. is a history of the brigade.
Book Synopsis Into the Mouth of the Cannon by : Robert Edward Reynolds
Download or read book Into the Mouth of the Cannon written by Robert Edward Reynolds and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story that is well-documented. Each chapter has numerous source reference notes that authenticate the research. The book is indexed and also contains an appendix making it easy to do research. It is illustrated and offers the resder letters written during the Civil War period never published before. The book reads with the ease of a novel. It is filled with factual accounts that pull the reader into the events taking place on the written pages. The rebel yells, the ear-splitting roar of the cannon and the heart wrenching cries of the wounded hold your interest as you are pulled into the story. Truly this is a book full of action and suspense. The writer carries you right into the realities of the Civil War. D.L.O.
Book Synopsis Civil War Arkansas, 1863 by : Mark K. Christ
Download or read book Civil War Arkansas, 1863 written by Mark K. Christ and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2011-12-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however, this campaign is often overshadowed by the siege of Vicksburg. Now Mark K. Christ offers the first detailed military assessment of parallel events in Arkansas, describing their consequences for both Union and Confederate powers. Christ analyzes the campaign from military and political perspectives to show how events in 1863 affected the war on a larger scale. His lively narrative incorporates eyewitness accounts to tell how new Union strategy in the Trans-Mississippi theater enabled the capture of Little Rock, taking the state out of Confederate control for the rest of the war. He draws on rarely used primary sources to describe key engagements at the tactical level—particularly the battles at Arkansas Post, Helena, and Pine Bluff, which cumulatively marked a major turning point in the Trans-Mississippi. In addition to soldiers’ letters and diaries, Christ weaves civilian voices into the story—especially those of women who had to deal with their altered fortunes—and so fleshes out the human dimensions of the struggle. Extensively researched and compellingly told, Christ’s account demonstrates the war’s impact on Arkansas and fills a void in Civil War studies.
Book Synopsis Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove by : William Baxter
Download or read book Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove written by William Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis With Fire and Sword by : Thomas A. DeBlack
Download or read book With Fire and Sword written by Thomas A. DeBlack and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Arkansas seceded from the Union in 1861, it was a thriving state. But the Civil War and Reconstruction left it reeling, impoverished, and so deeply divided that it never regained the level of prosperity it had previously enjoyed. Although most of the major battles of the war occurred elsewhere, Arkansas was critical to the Confederate war effort in the vast Trans-Mississippi region, and Arkansas soldiers served—some for the Union and more for the Confederacy—in every major theater of the war. And the war within the state was devastating. Union troops occupied various areas, citizens suffered greatly from the war's economic disruption, and guerilla conflict and factional tensions left a bitter legacy. Reconstruction was in many ways a continuation of the war as the prewar elite fought to regain economic and political power. In this, the fourth volume in the Histories of Arkansas series, Thomas DeBlack not only describes the major players and events in this dramatic and painful story, but also explores the experiences of ordinary people. Although the historical evidence is complex—and much of the secondary literature is extraordinarily partisan—DeBlack offers a balanced, vivid overview of the state's most tumultuous period.
Download or read book The Die Is Cast written by Mark K. Christ and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five writers examine the political and social forces in Arkansas that led to secession and transformed farmers, clerks, and shopkeepers into soldiers. Retired longtime Arkansas State University professor Michael Dougan delves into the 1861 Arkansas Secession Convention and the delegates’ internal divisions on whether to leave the Union. Lisa Tendrich Frank, who teaches at Florida Atlantic University, discusses the role Southern women played in moving the state toward secession. Carl Moneyhon of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock looks at the factors that led peaceful civilians to join the army. Thomas A. DeBlack of Arkansas Tech University tells of the thousands of Arkansans who chose not to follow the Confederate banner in 1861, and William Garret Piston of Missouri State University chronicles the first combat experience of the green Arkansas troops at Wilson’s Creek.
Book Synopsis Civil War Arkansas, 1863 by : Mark K. Christ
Download or read book Civil War Arkansas, 1863 written by Mark K. Christ and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however, this campaign is often overshadowed by the siege of Vicksburg. Now Mark K. Christ offers the first detailed military assessment of parallel events in Arkansas, describing their consequences for both Union and Confederate powers. Christ analyzes the campaign from military and political perspectives to show how events in 1863 affected the war on a larger scale. His lively narrative incorporates eyewitness accounts to tell how new Union strategy in the Trans-Mississippi theater enabled the capture of Little Rock, taking the state out of Confederate control for the rest of the war. He draws on rarely used primary sources to describe key engagements at the tactical level—particularly the battles at Arkansas Post, Helena, and Pine Bluff, which cumulatively marked a major turning point in the Trans-Mississippi. In addition to soldiers’ letters and diaries, Christ weaves civilian voices into the story—especially those of women who had to deal with their altered fortunes—and so fleshes out the human dimensions of the struggle. Extensively researched and compellingly told, Christ’s account demonstrates the war’s impact on Arkansas and fills a void in Civil War studies.
Author :U.s. Army Command and General Staff College Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781500338756 Total Pages :124 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (387 download)
Book Synopsis A Courage and Desperation Rarely Equaled by : U.s. Army Command and General Staff College
Download or read book A Courage and Desperation Rarely Equaled written by U.s. Army Command and General Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the regimental history of a single Confederate infantry regiment that conducted its military operations entirely in the western theater of the American Civil War as viewed through the lens of unit cohesion. The methodology used to build the history of the regiment, from which none existed, relies predominantly on two key primary historical collections: reports that are pertinent from the Official Records and archived microfilmed pay and muster records as well as a limited number of letters and quartermaster records that have survived the years. The intent then, as the framework of the regiment's operations are discovered, is to tell the history of the soldiers and events of this regiment and then draw general conclusions as to their cohesiveness and effectiveness directly from the interpreted recourses available. This is a work of rediscovering and retelling the forgotten story of an obscure Confederate infantry regiment that operated far from the general public view and attention as all eyes seemed to be transfixed on the dramatic battles to the east. This is the history of forgotten men who endured a great deal and sacrificed much while retaining their ability to conduct effective military operations.
Book Synopsis A Courage and Desperation Rarely Equaled by : Jeffrey R. Price
Download or read book A Courage and Desperation Rarely Equaled written by Jeffrey R. Price and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remembering Arkansas Confederates and the 1911 Little Rock Veterans Reunion by : Ray Hanley
Download or read book Remembering Arkansas Confederates and the 1911 Little Rock Veterans Reunion written by Ray Hanley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arkansas seceded from the Union in 1861, opening a chapter in the state's history that would change its destiny for decades. An estimated 6,862 Arkansas Confederate soldiers died from battle and disease, while some 1,700 Arkansas men died wearing Union blue. Total casualties, killed and wounded, represented 12 percent of the white men in the state between the ages of 15 and 62. Bloody, hard-fought battles included Pea Ridge, Helena, Little Rock, and the rare Confederate victory in southwest Arkansas at Jenkins' Ferry. Following the war, the event that included the largest parade ever in Arkansas, the 1911 United Confederate Veterans Reunion, is presented in picture and word. The event has largely been neglected by history books. From the monuments and veterans to the loyal reenactors still gathering today, the story of the Civil War in Arkansas is remembered and preserved for coming generations.
Book Synopsis Arkansas in War and Reconstruction by : David Yancey Thomas
Download or read book Arkansas in War and Reconstruction written by David Yancey Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Confederate Women of Arkansas in the Civil War, 1861-'65 by : United Confederate Veterans. Arkansas Division
Download or read book Confederate Women of Arkansas in the Civil War, 1861-'65 written by United Confederate Veterans. Arkansas Division and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis This Astounding Close by : Mark L. Bradley
Download or read book This Astounding Close written by Mark L. Bradley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-12-29 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place. Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman's much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman's and Johnston's roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.
Book Synopsis Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p) by : Mark Christ
Download or read book Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p) written by Mark Christ and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fields of Blood by : William L. Shea
Download or read book Fields of Blood written by William L. Shea and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the events of the Battle of Prairie Grove of 1862, which took place in Arkansas and ended the efforts of the Confederate Army to extend the Civil War conflict into the territory west of the MIssissippi River, discussing the generals, battle tactics, casualties, and aftermath.
Book Synopsis Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 by : James E. McGhee
Download or read book Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 written by James E. McGhee and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the origins and history of Missouri Confederate units that served during the Civil War is nearly as difficult as comprehending the diverse politics that produced them. Deeply torn by the issues that caused the conflict, some Missourians chose sides enthusiastically, others reluctantly, while a number had to choose out of sheer necessity, for fence straddling held no sway in the state after the fighting began. The several thousand that sided with the Confederacy formed a variety of military organizations, some earning reputations for hard fighting exceeded by few other states, North or South. Unfortunately, the records of Missouri's Confederate units have not been adequately preserved—officially or otherwise—until now. James E. McGhee is a highly respected and widely published authority on the Civil War in Missouri; the scope of this book is startling, the depth of detail gratifying, its reliability undeniable, and the unit narratives highly readable. McGhee presents accounts of the sixty-nine artillery, cavalry, and infantry units in the state, as well as their precedent units and those that failed to complete their organization. Relying heavily on primary sources, such as rosters, official reports, order books, letters, diaries, and memoirs, he weaves diverse materials into concise narratives of each of Missouri's Confederate organizations. He lists the field-grade officers for battalions and regiments, companies and company commanders, and places of origin for each company when known. In addition to listing all the commanding officers in each unit, he includes a bibliography germane to the unit, while a supplemental bibliography provides the other sources used in preparing this unique and comprehensive resource.
Book Synopsis Granbury's Texas Brigade by : John R. Lundberg
Download or read book Granbury's Texas Brigade written by John R. Lundberg and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John R. Lundberg's compelling new military history chronicles the evolution of Granbury's Texas Brigade, perhaps the most distinguished combat unit in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Named for its commanding officer, Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury, the brigade fought tenaciously in the western theater even after Confederate defeat seemed certain. Granbury's Texas Brigade explores the motivations behind the unit's decision to continue to fight, even as it faced demoralizing defeats and Confederate collapse. Using a vast array of letters, diaries, and regimental documents, Lundberg offers provocative insight into the minds of the unit's men and commanders. The caliber of that leadership, he concludes, led to the group's overall high morale. Lundberg asserts that although mass desertion rocked Granbury's Brigade early in the war, that desertion did not necessarily indicate a lack of commitment to the Confederacy but merely a desire to fight the enemy closer to home. Those who remained in the ranks became the core of Granbury's Brigade and fought until the final surrender. Morale declined only after Union bullets cut down much of the unit's officer corps at the Battle of Franklin in 1864. After the war, Lundberg shows, men from the unit did not abandon the ideals of the Confederacy -- they simply continued their devotion in different ways. Granbury's Texas Brigade presents military history at its best, revealing a microcosm of the Confederate war effort and aiding our understanding of the reasons men felt compelled to fight in America's greatest tragedy.
