Civil War Alabama

by McIlwain, Christopher Lyle

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Title Statements

Full title :Civil War Alabama / Christopher Lyle McIlwain SR. ; foreword by G. Ward Hubbs.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The University of Alabama Press
Place of Publication:Tuscaloosa
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 435 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780817318949, 0817318941
oclc:ocn908991134
LC Classification:E551
Dewey Decimal:976.1/05

Introduction -- PART I. ALABAMA SECEDES. The "lawyers' revolution" -- "A leap in the dark" -- "There will be a revulsion" -- PART II. THE WAR BEGINS. "Sprinkle blood in the face of the people" -- "Food for sad and gloomy fits" -- Evil times -- PART III. THE DECREE OF THE NATION. The decree of the nation -- "Yankeeizing Southerners" -- "The struggle of the masters" -- PART IV. THE HARD WAR. The destroying angels -- The reconstructionists -- The slaughter pen -- The river of death -- PART V. IN SEARCH OF PEACE. "God close this terrible war" -- War eagle! -- The horrors of the black flag -- PART VI. BOWING DOWN TO MARS. "Retrograde movements" and "Backward advances" -- Rousseau's Raid -- The fall of Mobile Bay and Atlanta -- PART VII. THE DEATH THROES OF A REBELLION. "On the wrong side of the line of battle" -- "Rats to your holes" -- "Balls and parties are all the rage" -- Franklin, Nashville, and disintegration -- PART VIII. "THE HOLOCAUST". "Ne-gotiation" or "Ne-grotiation" -- "The day of jubilee am come!" -- Conclusion.

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Alabama Alabama -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerr… Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1… Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1… Alabama -- Politique et gouvernement --… History HISTORY -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)… HISTORY -- Military HISTORY -- State & Local -- United Stat… Politics and government Sezessionskrieg