First Arkansas Union Infantry
Author: Desmond Walls Allen
Publisher: Arkansas Research
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780941765206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Desmond Walls Allen
Publisher: Arkansas Research
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780941765206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mark Christ
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781610753555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Desmond Walls Allen
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 9780941765251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Russell Mahan
Publisher:
Published: 2019-01-16
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780999396254
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Desmond Walls Allen
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9780941765213
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Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780941765220
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Patrick Bender
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1610754859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Worthy of the Cause for Which They Fight chronicles the experiences of a well-educated and articulate Confederate officer from Arkansas who witnessed the full evolution of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi Department and western theater. Daniel Harris Reynolds, a community leader with a thriving law practice in Chicot County, entered service in 1861 as a captain in command of Company A of the First Arkansas Mounted Rifles. Reynolds saw action at Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge before the regiment was dismounted and transferred to the Army of Tennessee, the primary Confederate force in the western theater. As Reynolds fought through the battles of Chickamauga, Atlanta, Nashville, and Bentonville, he consistently kept a diary in which he described the harsh realities of battle, the shifting fortunes of war, and the personal and political conflicts that characterized and sometimes divided the soldiers. The result is a significant testimonial offering valuable insights into the nature of command from the company to brigade levels, expressed by a committed Southerner coming to grips with the realities of defeat and the ultimate demoralization of surrender.
Author: Desmond Walls Allen
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780941765169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781610753432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Narrative, to correcting some misspellings, and to providing dates and explanatory notes, Daniel Sutherland allows Bevens to tell his story in his own words--a remarkable story of a young Arkansan at war. His unassuming voice will speak to all readers with compelling candor.
Author: Gregory J. W. Urwin
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2005-08-29
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780809326785
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Black Flag over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War highlights the central role that race played in the Civil War by examining some of the ugliest incidents that played out on its battlefields. Challenging the American public’s perception of the Civil War as a chivalrous family quarrel, twelve rising and prominent historians show the conflict to be a wrenching social revolution whose bloody excesses were exacerbated by racial hatred. Edited by Gregory J. W. Urwin, this compelling volume focuses on the tendency of Confederate troops to murder black Union soldiers and runaway slaves and divulges the details of black retaliation and the resulting cycle of fear and violence that poisoned race relations during Reconstruction. In a powerful introduction to the collection, Urwin reminds readers that the Civil War was both a social and a racial revolution. As the heirs and defenders of a slave society’s ideology, Confederates considered African Americans to be savages who were incapable of waging war in a civilized fashion. Ironically, this conviction caused white Southerners to behave savagely themselves. Under the threat of Union retaliation, the Confederate government backed away from failing to treat the white officers and black enlisted men of the United States Colored Troops as legitimate combatants. Nevertheless, many rebel commands adopted a no-prisoners policy in the field. When the Union’s black defenders responded in kind, the Civil War descended to a level of inhumanity that most Americans prefer to forget. In addition to covering the war’s most notorious massacres at Olustee, Fort Pillow, Poison Spring, and the Crater, Black Flag over Dixie examines the responses of Union soldiers and politicians to these disturbing and unpleasant events, as well as the military, legal, and moral considerations that sometimes deterred Confederates from killing all black Federals who fell into their hands. Twenty photographs and a map of massacre and reprisal sites accompany the volume. The contributors are Gregory J. W. Urwin, Anne J. Bailey, Howard C. Westwood, James G. Hollandsworth Jr., David J. Coles, Albert Castel, Derek W. Frisby, Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., Gerald W. Thomas, Bryce A. Suderow, Chad L. Williams, and Mark Grimsley.