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History Thirty-First Regiment Illinois Volunteers Organized by John A. Logan
Author | : William S. Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1991-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780962399046 |
It Happened in Southern Illinois
Author | : John W. Allen |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2010-02-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080938566X |
In this collection of articles describing the people, places, and folkways of southern Illinois, John W. Allen provides entertaining and informative glimpses into the region’s past. Included here are sketches of the early pioneering days when wolves were literally chased from the door, stories about the many Indian artifacts discovered among the rolling hills and valleys of the area, and articles pertaining to the strategic role the region played during the Civil War. Allen also describes the activities of such infamous outlaws as Samuel Mason and the Harpe brothers as well as the famous Illinois-born heroes “Bat” Masterson, “Wild Bill” Hickok, and Wyatt Earp. In his warm and friendly style, Allen reminisces about the self-sufficient and satisfying rural life of a previous generation with its oxcarts, pie suppers, threshing machines, kerosene lamps, and blacksmith shops. Any reader interested in southern Illinois and its history will delight in this collection of stories from John W. Allen’s popular newspaper column, “It Happened in Southern Illinois.”
Before Mark Twain
Author | : John Francis McDermott |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780809321919 |
A collection of thirty-seven stories, reprints from diaries and journals, and other materials published prior to the days of Mark Twain that depict Mississippi River life.
The Gentlemen and the Roughs
Author | : Lorien Foote |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-06-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1479897841 |
In this contribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of manliness produced myriad conflicts when educated, refined, and wealthy officers found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of fighters.
The Flag on the Hilltop
Author | : Mary Tracy Earle |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2013-01-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0809387786 |
Early in the Civil War, two young brothers boldly flew the Union flag from a tree atop a hill between Makanda and Cobden. This was a towering act of courage in an area teeming with Copperheads. Theodore and Al Thompson, 18 and 20 years old at the time, raised the flag in defiance of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secessionist group that operated throughout the Midwest. Controlling its membership through terror, this secret society condemned betrayers to death by torture. The Knights, whose goals included capturing a Union prison and liberating the rebels, triggered the Civil War riot in Charleston, instigated anti-draft movements, and aided Northern deserters. Theodore Thompson, who later owned much of Makanda, Giant City, and the land that became Southern Illinois University describes the tree as a "tall tulip poplar between 3 and 4 feet in diameter at the trunk and some 60 feet to the first limbs. This noted tree could be seen in some directions 15 or 20 miles away."
Colonels in Blue--Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Author | : Roger D. Hunt |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2019-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476626359 |
The sixth in a series documenting Union army colonels, this biographical dictionary lists regimental commanders from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A brief sketch of each is included--many published here for the first time--giving a synopsis of Civil War service and biographical details, along with photos where available.