Civil War Arkansas, 1863 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil War Arkansas, 1863 write by Mark K. Christ. This book was released on 2012-11-09. Civil War Arkansas, 1863 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however, this campaign is often overshadowed by the siege of Vicksburg. Now Mark K. Christ offers the first detailed military assessment of parallel events in Arkansas, describing their consequences for both Union and Confederate powers. Christ analyzes the campaign from military and political perspectives to show how events in 1863 affected the war on a larger scale. His lively narrative incorporates eyewitness accounts to tell how new Union strategy in the Trans-Mississippi theater enabled the capture of Little Rock, taking the state out of Confederate control for the rest of the war. He draws on rarely used primary sources to describe key engagements at the tactical level—particularly the battles at Arkansas Post, Helena, and Pine Bluff, which cumulatively marked a major turning point in the Trans-Mississippi. In addition to soldiers’ letters and diaries, Christ weaves civilian voices into the story—especially those of women who had to deal with their altered fortunes—and so fleshes out the human dimensions of the struggle. Extensively researched and compellingly told, Christ’s account demonstrates the war’s impact on Arkansas and fills a void in Civil War studies.
I Do Wish This Cruel War Was Over
I Do Wish This Cruel War Was Over - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Do Wish This Cruel War Was Over write by Mark K. Christ. This book was released on 2014-03-01. I Do Wish This Cruel War Was Over available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I Do Wish this Cruel War Was Over collects diaries, letters, and memoirs excerpted from their original publication in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly to offer a first-hand, ground-level view of the war's horrors, its mundane hardships, its pitched battles and languid stretches, even its moments of frivolity. Readers will find varying degrees of commitment and different motivations among soldiers on both sides, along with the perspective of civilians. In many cases, these documents address aspects of the war that would become objects of scholarly and popular fascination only years after their initial appearance: the guerrilla conflict that became the "real war" west of the Mississippi; the "hard war" waged against civilians long before William Tecumseh Sherman set foot in Georgia; the work of women in maintaining households in the absence of men; and the complexities of emancipation, which saw African Americans winning freedom and sometimes losing it all over again. Altogether, these first-person accounts provide an immediacy and a visceral understanding of what it meant to survive the Civil War in Arkansas.
"The Earth Reeled and Trees Trembled"
"The Earth Reeled and Trees Trembled" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "The Earth Reeled and Trees Trembled" write by . This book was released on 2007. "The Earth Reeled and Trees Trembled" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Civil War Arkansas, 1863
Civil War Arkansas, 1863 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil War Arkansas, 1863 write by Mark K. Christ. This book was released on 2011-12-04. Civil War Arkansas, 1863 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect, a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however, this campaign is often overshadowed by the siege of Vicksburg. Now Mark K. Christ offers the first detailed military assessment of parallel events in Arkansas, describing their consequences for both Union and Confederate powers. Christ analyzes the campaign from military and political perspectives to show how events in 1863 affected the war on a larger scale. His lively narrative incorporates eyewitness accounts to tell how new Union strategy in the Trans-Mississippi theater enabled the capture of Little Rock, taking the state out of Confederate control for the rest of the war. He draws on rarely used primary sources to describe key engagements at the tactical level—particularly the battles at Arkansas Post, Helena, and Pine Bluff, which cumulatively marked a major turning point in the Trans-Mississippi. In addition to soldiers’ letters and diaries, Christ weaves civilian voices into the story—especially those of women who had to deal with their altered fortunes—and so fleshes out the human dimensions of the struggle. Extensively researched and compellingly told, Christ’s account demonstrates the war’s impact on Arkansas and fills a void in Civil War studies.
Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p)
Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p) write by Mark Christ. This book was released on 1994. Rugged and Sublime: the Civil War in Arkansas (p) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
