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Mississippi in the Civil War : the home front /

In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. The invading Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Timothy B., 1974-
Autores Corporativos: Mississippi Historical Society, Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, ©2010.
Colección:Heritage of Mississippi series ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "My beloved Mississippi is being overrun"
  • pt. 1. The state in military conflict
  • "Then go down into Egypt while Herod reigns in Judea"
  • "The struggle is now for her existence as a state"
  • "The arms and military property of the state"
  • "A swath of desolation"
  • "Patriotism enough to bear such a tax as this"
  • pt. 2. The people in social conflict
  • "If Lincoln should continue to work at the mote in our eye"
  • "Her people are drifting to the Yankees"
  • "Tears on many a dark cheek"
  • "I have borne it all very cheerfully, so far"
  • "Our poor country is getting into a deplorable condition."