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Brothers in Gray
The Civil War Letters of the Pierson Family
Av Thomas W. Cutrer, T. Michael Parrish
Inbunden, 1997
603 kr
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Residents of antebellum northwest Louisiana held strong pro-Union sentiments, and the Pierson family of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, were no exception, opposing secession in 1861. Yet once war began, the region contributed its full share of support to the southern army, and four of William H. …
Railroads in the Civil War
The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat
Av John E. Clark Jr, T Michael Parrish
Häftad, 2004
344 kr
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By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North …
Brothers in Gray
The Civil War Letters of the Pierson Family
Av Thomas W. Cutrer, T. Michael Parrish
Häftad, 2004
469 kr
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Residents of antebellum northwest Louisiana held strong pro-Union sentiments, and the Pierson family of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, were no exception, opposing secession in 1861. Yet once war began, the region contributed its full share of support to the southern army, and four of William H. …
Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film
One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking
Av Frank J. Wetta, Martin A. Novelli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
534 kr
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Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli's Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film investigates how depictions of women in Hollywood motion pictures helped forge the myth of Lincoln. Exploring female characters' backstories, the political and cultural climate in which the films appeared, and the contest …
Alabamians in Blue
Freedmen, Unionists, and the Civil War in the Cotton State
Av Christopher M. Rein, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
587 kr
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Alabamians in Blue offers an in-depth scholarly examination of Alabama's black and white Union soldiers and their contributions to the eventual success of the Union army in the western theater. Christopher M. Rein contends that the state's anti-Confederate residents tendered an important service to …
Treason on Trial
The United States V. Jefferson Davis
Av Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
645 kr
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In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, federal officials captured, imprisoned, and indicted Jefferson Davis for treason. If found guilty, the former Confederate president faced execution for his role in levying war against the United States. Although the federal government pursued the charges …
Howling Storm
Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War
Av Kenneth W. Noe, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
819 kr
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Traditional histories of the Civil War describe the conflict as a war between North and South. Kenneth W. Noe suggests it should instead be understood as a war between the North, the South, and the weather. In The Howling Storm, Noe retells the history of the conflagration with a focus on the ways …
Conflict of Command
George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War
Av George C. Rable, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
587 kr
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The fraught relationship between Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan is well known, so much so that many scholars rarely question the standard narrative casting the two as foils, with the Great Emancipator inevitably coming out on top over his supposedly feckless commander. In Conflict of Command, …
Howling Storm
Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War
Av Kenneth W. Noe, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
456 kr
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Finalist for the Lincoln Prize!Traditional histories of the Civil War describe the conflict as a war between North and South. Kenneth W. Noe suggests it should instead be understood as a war between the North, the South, and the weather. In The Howling Storm, Noe retells the history of the …
Fabric of Civil War Society
Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939
Av Shae Smith Cox, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
592 kr
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Military uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans throughout history. In The Fabric of Civil War Society, Shae Smith Cox examines the material culture of America's bloodiest conflict, offering a deeper understanding of the war and its …
Garden of Ruins
Occupied Louisiana in the Civil War
Av J. Matthew Ward, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
592 kr
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J. Matthew Ward's Garden of Ruins serves as an insightful social and military history of Civil War–era Louisiana. Partially occupied by Union forces starting in the spring of 1862, the Confederate state experienced the initial attempts of the U.S. Army to create a comprehensive occupation structure …
Army Under Fire
The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era
Av Cecily N. Zander, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
592 kr
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Cecily N. Zander's The Army under Fire is a pathbreaking study focusing on the fierce political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United States during the Civil War era. It examines how prominent political figures interacted with the professional army and how those same …
Civil War in the Age of Nationalism
Av Duncan A. Campbell, Niels Eichhorn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
651 kr
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While historians have acknowledged that the issues of race, slavery, and emancipation were not unique to the American Civil War, they have less frequently recognized the conflict's similarities to other global events. As renowned historian Carl Degler pointed out, the Civil War was "one among many" …
Wonderful Career in Crime
Charles Cowlam's Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age
Av Frank W. Garmon Jr., T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
550 kr
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Charles Cowlam's career as a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age. His life touched many of the most prominent figures of the era, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. One …
Between Extremes
Seeking the Political Center in the Civil War North
Av Jack Furniss, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
592 kr
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Between 1861 and 1865, northern voters fortified Abraham Lincoln's administration as it oversaw the end of the institution of slavery and an unprecedented expansion in the size and scope of the federal government. Since the United States never considered suspending the democratic process during the …
Confederate Resurgence of 1864
Av William Marvel, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
540 kr
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William Marvel's The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners' hopes for independence. Among the pivotal moments during this period were …
Fractured Freedoms
Reconstructing Central Louisiana
Av David T. Ballantyne, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
534 kr
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David T. Ballantyne's Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study, Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural Reconstruction success story, emphasizing …
Consequences of Confederate Citizenship
The Civil War Correspondence of Alabama's Pickens Family
Av Henry M. McKiven, Jr., T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
592 kr
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The Consequences of Confederate Citizenship is a vast collection of Civil War correspondence from the affluent Pickens family of Greene County, Alabama. Unlike nearly all published letter collections from the era, the Pickens family correspondence includes letters written on the home front as well …
Green and Blue
Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
Av Damian Shiels, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
592 kr
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Damian Shiels's Green and Blue explores Irish American service in the United States military by analyzing the written correspondence of ordinary rank-and-file soldiers drawn from across the Union's armed forces. Using a vast and largely untapped collection of letters penned by Irish American …
Late to the Fight
Union Soldier Combat Performance from the Wilderness to the Fall of Petersburg
Av Alexandre F. Caillot, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
592 kr
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In Late to the Fight, Alexandre F. Caillot explores the combat performance of the Union soldiers who filled newly raised regiments that fought through the Civil War's final year. Historians have typically regarded these late enlistees as substandard to those who signed on at the war's start. Using …
Unreconstructed
Slavery and Emancipation on Louisiana's Red River, 1820-1880
Av Carin Peller-Semmens, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
592 kr
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Carin Peller-Semmens's Unreconstructed grapples with the longstanding, systemic effects of white supremacist brutality in northwest Louisiana, highlighting the constancy of racial subjugation in one of the most violent areas of the South. Tracing the commitment of the region's white slaveholders to …
Devil's Own Purgatory
The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War
Av Robert H. Gudmestad, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
587 kr
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The Devil's Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy's Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the …
War Fought and Felt
The Emotional Motivations of Confederate Soldiers
Av Joshua R. Shiver, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
534 kr
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Joshua R. Shiver's War Fought and Felt advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War. It is the first broadly researched, multidisciplinary, and statistically supported approach to understanding the pivotal role of emotions in the …
Lutheranism and American Culture
The Making of a Distinctive Faith in the Civil War Era
Av Timothy D. Grundmeier, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
575 kr
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Timothy D. Grundmeier's Lutheranism and American Culture examines the transformation of the nation's third-largest Protestant denomination over the course of the nineteenth century. In the antebellum era, leading voices within the church believed that the best way to become American was by …
Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend
Reconsidering Lincoln As Commander in Chief
Av Kenneth W. Noe, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
538 kr
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Kenneth W. Noe's Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect commander in chief, more intelligent than his generals. The legend originated with Lincoln himself, who early in the war concluded that he possessed a …
Henry Eustace McCulloch
Texas Ranger, Legislator, Civil War General
Av David Paul Smith, T. Michael Parrish m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
595 kr
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Henry Eustace McCulloch provides the first comprehensive account of a pivotal nineteenth-century military leader and politician from Texas. In his military career, Henry McCulloch served with his brother Ben in one of the first Texas Ranger companies after the Texas Revolution of 1836, defended …
Richard Taylor
Soldier Prince of Dixie
Häftad, 2014
731 kr
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Using widely scattered and previously unknown primary sources, Parrish's biography of Confederate general Richard Taylor presents him as one of the Civil War's most brilliant generals, eliciting strong performances from his troops in the face of manifold obstacles in three theaters of action.
Richard Taylor
Soldier Prince of Dixie
E-bok, 2017
423 kr
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Using widely scattered and previously unknown primary sources, Parrish’s biography of Confederate general Richard Taylor presents him as one of the Civil War’s most brilliant generals, eliciting strong performances from his troops in the face of manifold obstacles in three theaters of action.
Richard Taylor
Soldier Prince of Dixie
E-bok, 2017
423 kr
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Using widely scattered and previously unknown primary sources, Parrish’s biography of Confederate general Richard Taylor presents him as one of the Civil War’s most brilliant generals, eliciting strong performances from his troops in the face of manifold obstacles in three theaters of action.
Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor, and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement
Av Tom Cutrer, T. Michael Parrish
Inbunden, 2017
296 kr
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, after serving breakfast and turning his attention to laundry services aboard the USS West Virginia, Ship’s Cook Third Class Doris “Dorie” Miller heard the alarm calling sailors to battle stations. The first of several torpedoes dropped from Japanese aircraft had …
