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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465554103321

Autore

Cypert Thomas Jefferson <1827-1901.>

Titolo

Tried men and true, or, Union life in Dixie [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas J. Cypert ; edited and with a introduction by Margaret M. Storey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8173-8578-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Seeing the elephant

Altri autori (Persone)

StoreyMargaret M. <1969->

Disciplina

973.7/468

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons

Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Containing the personal experience of Thomas J. Cypert of Wayne Co., Middle Tenn., from 1861 to 1866: a complete account of his capture by the rebels, his treatment at their hands and final escape: with occasional digressions and reflections in regard to some questions that arisen during the Rebellion. Also a history of the Second Regiment of U.S. Tenn. Mounted Infantry, raised by Mr. Cypert n[ow] Senator from the Sixteenth District of Tennessee."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Editorial Method; Timeline; Editor's Introduction; Chapter First; Chapter Second; Chapter Third; Chapter Fourth; Chapter Fifth; Chapter Sixth; Chapter Seventh; Chapter Eighth; Chapter Ninth; Biographical Register; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie highlights  in emotional detail the local tensions between Unionists and  Confederates in the Civil War South and offers a rare first-person  account of the guerrilla war that devastated Western Tennessee.    Thomas Jefferson Cypert (1827-1918) was a staunch Union man of Wayne County, Tennessee. In 1863, he helped organize the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry, a regiment of loyalist Southerners enlisted to combat Confederate cavalry in West Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Tried Men and True is