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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: 49th-52nd Regiments
Author: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865
Author: New Jersey. Adjutant-General's OfficePublisher:
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages :
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Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
Author: The Little Regiment
Author: Stephen CraneJoe Brown's Pets
Author: William Robert ScaifePublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
At the beginning of the Civil War, Georgia ranked third among the Confederate states in manpower resources, behind only Virginia and Tennessee. With an arms-bearing population somewhere between 120,000 and 130,000 white males between the ages of 16 and 60, this resource became an object of a great struggle between Joseph Brown, governor of Georgia, and Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Brown advocated a strong state defense, but as the war dragged on Davis applied more pressure for more soldiers from Georgia. In December 1863, the state's general assembly reorganized the state militia and it became known as Joe Brown's Pets. Civil War historians William Scaife and William Bragg have written not only the first history of the Georgia Militia during the Civil War, but have produced the definitive history of this militia. Using original documents found in the Georgia Department of Archives and History that are too delicate for general public access, Scaife and Bragg were granted special permission to research the material under the guidance of an archivist and conducted under tightly controlled conditions of security and preservation control.
Roster of Nash County Confederate Soldiers
Author: John Houston ThorpePublisher:
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Category : Edgecombe County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The Prairie Boys Go to War
Author: Rhonda M. KohlPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809332043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M. Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who served in the Fifth Illinois. The regiment’s history unfolds around major events in the Western Theater from 1861 to September 1865, including campaigns at Helena, Vicksburg, Jackson, and Meridian, as well as numerous little-known skirmishes. Although they were led almost exclusively by Northern-born Republicans, the majority of the soldiers in the Fifth Illinois remained Democrats. As Kohl demonstrates, politics, economics, education, social values, and racism separated the line officers from the common soldiers, and the internal friction caused by these cultural disparities led to poor leadership, low morale, disciplinary problems, and rampant alcoholism. The narrative pulls the Fifth Illinois out of historical oblivion, elucidating the highs and lows of the soldiers’ service as well as their changing attitudes toward war goals, religion, liberty, commanding generals, Copperheads, and alcoholism. By reconstructing the cultural context of Fifth Illinois soldiers, Prairie Boys Go to War reveals how social and economic traditions can shape the wartime experience.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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