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Autore |
Smith Timothy B. <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Mississippi in the Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : the home front / / Timothy B. Smith |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-62103-541-7 |
1-282-75585-4 |
9786612755859 |
1-60473-430-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Collana |
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Heritage of Mississippi series ; ; v. 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: "My beloved Mississippi is being overrun" -- pt. 1. The state in military conflict -- "Then go down into Egypt while Herod reigns in Judea" -- "The struggle is now for her existence as a state" -- "The arms and military property of the state" -- "A swath of desolation" -- "Patriotism enough to bear such a tax as this" -- pt. 2. The people in social conflict -- "If Lincoln should continue to work at the mote in our eye" -- "Her people are drifting to the Yankees" -- "Tears on many a dark cheek" -- "I have borne it all very cheerfully, so far" -- "Our poor country is getting into a deplorable condition." |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front , Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. The invading Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations, destruction, and bloodshed within her borders. One of the most frightful and extended sieges of the war ended in a crucial Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, the capstone to a tremendous Union campaign. As Confederate forces and Mississippi |
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