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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cypert, Thomas Jefferson, 1827-1901
Otros Autores: Storey, Margaret M., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Colección:Seeing the elephant.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (191 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817385781
0817385789