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Cypert Thomas Jefferson <1827-1901.> |
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Titolo |
Tried men and true, or, Union life in Dixie [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas J. Cypert ; edited and with a introduction by Margaret M. Storey |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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StoreyMargaret M. <1969-> |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"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." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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