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Author | : David Connon |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781634991551 |
Confederates from Iowa were as unusual as slaves in Dubuque. David Connon shares the intensely human stories of Iowa Confederates in the Civil War. Seventy-six of these men entered the Confederate service. Readers will follow their pre-war, war-time, and post-war experiences, ranging from difficult relationships to disease, imprisonment, desertion, and adventure. More stories illuminate the turbulent Iowa home front, where life was hard for parents of Confederates and for Peace Democrats.
Author | : Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh |
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Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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Author | : Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers |
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Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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615 pages. Green cover. Soiled. Acidification.
Author | : Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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Author | : Thomas R. Baker |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2016-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1609384350 |
The Sacred Causeof Union highlights Iowans’ important role in reuniting the nation when the battle over slavery tore it asunder. In this first-ever survey of the state’s Civil War history, Thomas Baker interweaves economics, politics, army recruitment, battlefield performance, and government administration. Scattered across more than a dozen states and territories, Iowa’s fighting men marched long distances and won battles against larger rebel armies despite having little food or shelter and sometimes poor equipment. On their own initiative, the state’s women ventured south to the battlefields to tend to the sick and injured, and farm families produced mountains of food to feed hungry federal armies. In the absence of a coordinated military supply system, women’s volunteer organizations were instrumental in delivering food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies to those who needed them. All of these efforts contributed mightily to the Union victory and catapulted Iowa into the top circle of most influential states in the nation. To shed light on how individual Iowans experienced the war, the book profiles six state residents. Three were well-known. Annie Wittenmyer, a divorced woman with roots in Virginia, led the state’s efforts to ship clothing and food to the soldiers. Alexander Clark, a Muscatine businessman and the son of former slaves, eloquently championed the rights of African Americans. Cyrus Carpenter, a Pennsylvania-born land surveyor anxious to make his fortune, served in the army and then headed the state’s Radical Republican faction after the war, ultimately being elected governor. Three never became famous. Ben Stevens, a young, unemployed carpenter, fought in an Iowa regiment at Shiloh, and then transferred to a Louisiana African American regiment so that he could lead the former slaves into battle. Farm boy Abner Dunham defended the Sunken Road at the Battle of Shiloh, before spending seven grim months in Confederate prison camps. The young Charles Musser faced pressure from his neighbors to enlist and from his parents to remain at home to work on the farm. Soon after he signed on to serve the Union, he discovered that his older brother had joined the Confederate Army. Through the letters and lives of these six Iowans, Thomas Baker shows how the Civil War transformed the state at the same time that Iowans transformed the nation.
Author | : Iowa. Adjutant General's Office |
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Total Pages | : 1236 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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Author | : S. H. M. Byers |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 686 |
Release | : 2016-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781333929411 |
Excerpt from Iowa in War Times This book is not a book of biography - neither is it a book of incidents. The sincere effort has been made to prepare an enduring history of great events of Iowa during the war period. If 'there is any art in the book it has been the art of condensing. Men have been largely passed over - leav ing the story of their deeds to speak for them. No other plan for a single volume seemed possible - and a book beyond a single volume could not be issued at a price desirable for the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Franc Bangs Wilkie |
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Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Olynthus B. Clark |
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Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Iowa |
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Author | : Alex Vernon |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2011-05-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 158729981X |
In 1937 and 1938, Ernest Hemingway made four trips to Spain to cover its civil war for the North American News Alliance wire service and to help create the pro-Republican documentary film The Spanish Earth. Hemingway’s Second War is the first book-length scholarly work devoted to this subject. Drawing on primary sources, Alex Vernon provides a thorough account of Hemingway’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War, a messy, complicated, brutal precursor to World War II that inspired Hemingway’s great novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Vernon also offers the most sustained history and consideration to date of The Spanish Earth. Directed by Joris Ivens, this film was a landmark work in the development of war documentaries, for which Hemingway served as screenwriter and narrator. Contributing factual, textual, and contextual information to Hemingway studies in general and his participation in the war specifically, Vernon has written a critical biography for Hemingway’s experiences during the Spanish Civil War that includes discussion of the left-wing politics of the era and the execution of José Robles Pazos. Finally, the book provides readings ofFor Whom the Bell Tollsboth in historical context and on its own terms. Marked by both impressive breadth and accessibility, Hemingway’s Second War will be an indispensible resource for students of literature, film, journalism, and European history and a landmark work for readers of Ernest Hemingway.