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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461839003321

Autore

Piston William Garrett

Titolo

Portraits of conflict [[electronic resource] ] : a photographic history of Missouri in the Civil War / / William Garrett Piston, Thomas P. Sweeney ; with a foreword by the general editors, Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, c2009

ISBN

1-61075-317-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Portraits of conflict series

Altri autori (Persone)

SweeneyThomas P. <1943->

Disciplina

977.8/03

Soggetti

Documentary photography - Missouri - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Photography

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Photography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Photography in Missouri during the Civil War -- The long road to war -- Securing Missouri for the Union -- Confederate initiatives and their consequences -- The guerrilla war -- Missourians and the war on the rivers -- Civil War medicine in Missouri -- Missourians serving out of state -- Missouri's veterans.

Sommario/riassunto

<div>William Garrett Piston is professor of history at Missouri State University and the author of a number of books, including Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History.</div>