Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie.:

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 (1827-1901) was a staunch Unio...

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1. Verfasser: Cypert, Thomas Jefferson, 1827-1901
Weitere Verfasser: Storey, Margaret M., 1969-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Seeing the elephant.
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Zusammenfassung: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 (1827-1901) 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 Cypert's memoir of his time as Captain of Company.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (191 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817385781
0817385789