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Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Presents a biographical sketch, photograph, and short bibliography of 137 Confederate generals who attained their rank through a route other than presidential appointment and have therefore been largely overlooked in historical accounts of the Civil War.
This book "brings to light a class of officers never before covered in any other book: the Confederacy's other generals. They are the men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the...
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