Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove
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Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove

Scenes and Incidents fo the War in Arkansas
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ISBN-13:
9781610753036
Veröffentl:
2000
Einband:
PDF
Seiten:
146
Autor:
Baxter William Baxter
Serie:
The Civil War in the West
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
PDF
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

With the goal of sketching at least some of the bright lights and dark shadows of the war; William Baxter authored his regional classic, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, in 1864, before the actual end of the Civil War.Primarily focusing on the civilians of the region, Baxter vividly describes their precarious and vulnerable positions during the advances and retreats of armies as Confederate and Federal forces marched across their homeland. In his account, Baxter describes skirmishes and cavalry charges outside his front door, the firing of his town s buildings during a Confederate retreat, clashes between secessionist and Unionist neighbors, the feeding of hungry soldiers and the forceful appropriation of his remaining food supply, and the sickening sight of the wounded emerging from the Prairie Grove battlefield.Since its original printing, this firsthand account has only been reprinted once, in 1957, and both editions are considered collectors items today. Of interest to Civil War scholars and general readers alike, Baxter s compelling social history is rendered even more comprehensive by William Shea s introduction. Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove is a valuable personal account of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West which enables us to better comprehend the conflict as a whole and its devastating effect on the general populace of the war-torn portions of the country.
With the goal of sketching at least some of the bright lights and dark shadows of the war; William Baxter authored his regional classic, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, in 1864, before the actual end of the Civil War.Primarily focusing on the civilians of the region, Baxter vividly describes their precarious and vulnerable positions during the advances and retreats of armies as Confederate and Federal forces marched across their homeland. In his account, Baxter describes skirmishes and cavalry charges outside his front door, the firing of his town s buildings during a Confederate retreat, clashes between secessionist and Unionist neighbors, the feeding of hungry soldiers and the forceful appropriation of his remaining food supply, and the sickening sight of the wounded emerging from the Prairie Grove battlefield.Since its original printing, this firsthand account has only been reprinted once, in 1957, and both editions are considered collectors items today. Of interest to Civil War scholars and general readers alike, Baxter s compelling social history is rendered even more comprehensive by William Shea s introduction. Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove is a valuable personal account of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West which enables us to better comprehend the conflict as a whole and its devastating effect on the general populace of the war-torn portions of the country.

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