The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires

The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires
Author: Gustavus W. Dyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN:

Between 1915 and 1922, surviving Tennessee Civil War veterans were asked to respond to a questionaire asking about their Civil War experiences, family life, pre-war lifestyle etc. Their responses have been transcribed exactly as received into these five volumes.

Railroads in the Old South

Railroads in the Old South
Author: Aaron W. Marrs
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801891302

Aaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners' pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. -- Dr. Owen Brown and Dr. Gale E. Gibson

The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires

The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires
Author: Gustavus W. Dyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1985
Genre: History
ISBN:

Between 1915 and 1922, surviving Tennessee Civil War veterans were asked to respond to a questionaire asking about their Civil War experiences, family life, pre-war lifestyle etc. Their responses have been transcribed exactly as received into these five volumes.

A Bibliography of Military Name Lists from Pre-1675 to 1900

A Bibliography of Military Name Lists from Pre-1675 to 1900
Author: Lois Horowitz
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 1136
Release: 1990
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Gleans from more than 400 genealogy and history periodicals articles listing military men in America's wars from the Colonial era to the Spanish-American War. ...a valuable addition to any library with an interest in genealogy. --ARBA Both military historians and genealogists will find this volume an extremely useful aid to their research. --SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE