Author: Russell Mahan Publisher: Historical Enterprises ISBN: 9780999396261 Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
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This book is an account of the Civil War Battle of Fayetteville on April 18, 1863, when Arkansas Confederates and Arkansas Unionists fought on Arkansas soil.
Author: Russell Mahan Publisher: ISBN: 9780999396247 Category : Fayetteville (Ark.) Languages : en Pages : 158
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This book is the story of the devastation of Fayetteville, Arkansas, during the Civil War. The beautiful frontier town in the mountains is described in the first chapter, 1860: Fayetteville on the Eve of War. The second chapter, 1861: Confederate Days, tells of the Confederate hopes of nationhood and the shock of civil war reaching Northwest Arkansas. The third chapter, 1862: Destruction and Death, describes life in town as it was flooded with casualties of the battles of Pea Ridge in March and Prairie Grove in December. The fourth chapter, 1863: The Battle of Fayetteville, describes the return of Union troops, mostly Union men from Arkansas. There is a detailed description of the Battle of Fayetteville on April 18, 1863, a struggle between Arkansas soldiers in gray and blue, a true civil war battle. It includes a map of the battle, and the back cover of the book shows the imposition of the battle positions on a modern street map of the city. Chapter 4: An Occupied Town in an Endless War describes how the Confederate resurgence in the countryside isolated the Union-occupied town. The final chapter is 1865: Peace from the East. This is a second edition of the book.
Author: Russell Mahan Publisher: ISBN: 9780999396254 Category : Languages : en Pages : 112
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This book is the history of the First Arkansas Union Cavalry from its formation in 1862 to its mustering out in 1865. It is the story of Arkansas men who favored the Union and fought for its preservation against the Confederate tide. They were stationed at their home ground of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and fought a rough war against Rebel guerrillas for two and a half years. The commander of the regiment throughout the War was Colonel Marcus LaRue Harrison. The chapters of the book are: (1) The Persistence of Arkansas Unionism; (2) Humiliation at the Battle of Prairie Grove; (3) A True Civil War Among Neighbors; (4) Vindication at the Battle of Fayetteville; (5) Life in the First Arkansas Union Cavalry; (6) Hard Duty in the Saddle; (7) The Post Colony System; and (8) Peace from the East.
Author: William L. Shea Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN: 0807833150 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 370
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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.
Author: Daniel E. Sutherland Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1610751736 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 273
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Until recently, this localized violence was largely ignored, scholars focusing instead on large-scale operations of the war—the decisions and actions of generals and presidents. But as Daniel Sutherland reminds us, the impact of battles and elections cannot be properly understood without an examination of the struggle for survival on the home front, of lives lived in the atmosphere created by war. Sutherland gathers eleven essays by such noted Civil War scholars as Michael Fellman, Donald Frazier, Noel Fisher, and B. F. Cooling, each one exploring the Confederacy's internal war in a different state. All help to broaden our view of the complexity of war and to provide us with a clear picture of war's consequences, its impact on communities, homes, and families. This strong collection of essays delves deeply into what Daniel Sutherland calls "the desperate side of war," enriching our understanding of a turbulent and divisive period in American history.
Author: Anne Bailey Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1557285659 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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This collection of essays represents the best recent history written on Civil War activity in Arkansas. It illuminates the complexity of such issues as guerrilla warfare, Union army policies, and the struggles hetween white and black civilians and soldiers, and also shows that the war years were a time of great change and personal conflict for the citizens of the state, despite the absence of "great" battles or armies. All the essays, which have been previously published in scholarly journals, have been revised to reflect recent scholarship in the field. Each selection explores a military or social dimension of the war that has been largely ignored or which is unique to the war in Arkansas—gristmill destruction, military farm colonies, nitre mining operations, mountain clan skirmishes, federal plantation experiments, and racial atrocities and reprisals. Together, the essays provoke thought on the character and cost of the war away from the great battlefields and suggest the pervasive change wrought by its destructiveness. In the cogent introduction Daniel E. Sutherland and Anne J. Bailey set the historiographic record of the Civil War in Arkansas, tracing a line from the first writings through later publications to our current understanding. As a volume in The Civil War in the West series, Civil War Arkansas elucidates little-known but significant aspects of the war, encouraging new perspectives on them and focusing on the less studied western theater. As such, it will inform and challenge both students and teachers of the American Civil War.
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