Theater of a separate war the Civil War west of the Mississippi River, 1861-1865 / Thomas W. Cutrer.
| Author/creator | Cutrer, Thomas W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Revised edition. |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiii, 590 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Civil War west of the Mississippi River, 1861-1865 |
| Series | The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
| Contents | Has it come so soon as this? Secession and Confederate statehood -- I will gladly give my life for a victory : Kansas and Missouri, June-December 1861 -- The wolf is come : war in the Indian nation, 1861-1862 -- The only man in the army that was whipped : the Pea Ridge campaign, February 1862 -- Charge 'em! Damn 'em, charge, charge, charge! The struggle for the Southwest, July 1861-July 1862 -- We are men and braves : Indian warfare in the Far West -- No feeling of mercy or kindness : the Prairie Grove campaign, March 1862-January 1863 -- Hold out till help arrived or until all dead : the capture of Arkansas post, 9-11 January 1863 -- Texas must take her chances : coastal defense and the battle of Galveston, April 1861-January 1863 -- All New England men and of the best material : the federal occupation of south Louisiana, April 1862-April 1863 -- Cannot you do something to operate against them on your side of the river! Milliken's Bend and the campaign for Vicksburg, spring 1863 -- Courage and desperation rarely equaled : the rebel assault on Helena, 4 July 1863 -- Much unmerited loss and suffering : Quantrill's Lawrence raid and the war on the Missouri-Kansas border, 21 August 1863 -- Drive him routed from our soil : the Little Rock campaign, July-October 1863 -- More remarkable than Thermopylae : Texas coastal defense and the battle of Sabine Pass, January 1863-June 1865 -- Our troops should occupy and hold at least a portion of Texas : Banks's overland campaign, July-November 1863 -- The land of coyotes, tarantulas, fandangos, horn-toads, and jack-rabbits : Banks's Texas campaign, October 1863-August 1864 -- No nobler death : the Indian Territory, July 1863-February 1865 -- We must fight them and whip them : Banks's drive toward Shreveport, November 1863-April 1864 -- I am going to fight Banks if he has a million of men! The battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, 8-9 April 1864 -- A brisk and brilliant six weeks' campaign : Steele's Camden expedition and Banks's retreat from Pleasant Hill, April and May 1864 -- Destroy property and recruit men : Price's Missouri raid, August-November 1864 -- Let come what will, we'll fight the Yankees alone : Confederate collapse in the Trans-Mississippi -- A sort of botany bay. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-558) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022435256 |
| ISBN | 9781469666211 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |