The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier /
"Reuben Smith (1832-1904), Kansas settler, justice of the peace, Union soldier, and state representative, left a significant paper trail in the form of 50 years of diaries. The full diaries span his immigration from England in 1854 to his last years in Osawatomie. While Smith was a prolific dia...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
2018.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Preface
- Introduction
- On the Quiet Waters of the Marais des Cygnes
- Across the Ocean
- Toward a New Life
- The Territory of Kansas
- The Border War
- War between the States
- The Neutral State of Missouri
- Realities of War
- The Battle of Lone Jack
- Determine the Enemy
- "God Help Poor Old Missouri"
- A War of Devastation
- The Battle of Westport
- Freedom Wins
- Postwar Politics
- The State's First Psychiatric Hospital
- Reflections of a Pioneer and Patriot
- Back to England
- An American's Perspective
- Take Me Home
- We Must Part.