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Mountain Rebels
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Author : W. Todd Groce
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1999
Mountain Rebels written by W. Todd Groce and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Groce offers a gracefully written, impressively researched narrative account of the experience of East Tennessee Confederates during the Civil War era. His analysis raises provocative questions about the socioeconomic foundations of Civil War sympathies in the Mountain South."--Robert Tracy McKenzie, University of Washington "Scholars of Appalachia's Civil War have long awaited Todd Groce's study of East Tennessee secessionists. I am pleased to report that this ground-breaking study of Southern Mountain Confederates was worth the wait."--Kenneth Noe, State University of West Georgia A bastion of Union support during the Civil War, East Tennessee was also home to Confederate sympathizers who took up the Southern cause until the bitter end. Yet historians have viewed these mountain rebels as scarcely different from other Confederates or as an aberration in the region's Unionism. Often they are simply ignored. W. Todd Groce corrects this distorted view of East Tennessee's antebellum development and wartime struggle. He paints a clearer picture of the region's Confederates than has previously been available, examining why they chose secession over union and revealing why they have become so invisible to us today. Drawing extensively on primary sources--newspapers, diaries, government reports--Groce allows the voices of these mountain rebels finally to be heard. Groce explains the economic forces and the family and political ties to the Deep South that motivated the East Tennessee Confederates reluctantly to join the fight for Southern independence. Caught in a war they neither sought nor started, they were trapped between an unfriendly administration in Richmond and a hostile Union majority in their midst. When the fighting was over and they returned home to face their vengeful Unionist neighbors, many were forced to flee, contributing to the postwar economic decline of the region. Placing the story in a broad context, Groce provides an overview of the region's economy and explains the social origins of secessionist sympathies. He also presents a collective profile of one hundred high-ranking Confederate officers from East Tennessee to show how they were representative of the rising commercial and financial leadership in the region. Mountain Rebels intertwines economic, political, military, and social history to present a poignant tale of defeat, suffering, and banishment. By piecing together this previously untold story, it fills a void in Southern history, Civil War history, and Appalachian studies. The Author: W. Todd Groce is executive director of the Georgia Historical Society.
Mountain Rebels
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Author : W. Todd Groce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Mountain Rebels written by W. Todd Groce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Tennessee categories.
Lincolnites And Rebels
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Author : Robert Tracy McKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-09
Lincolnites And Rebels written by Robert Tracy McKenzie and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-09 with History categories.
At the start of the Civil War, Knoxville, Tennessee, with a population of just over 4,000, was considered a prosperous metropolis little reliant on slavery. Although the surrounding countryside was predominantly Unionist in sympathy, Knoxville itself was split down the middle, with Union and Confederate supporters even holding simultaneous political rallies at opposite ends of the town's main street. Following Tennessee's secession, Knoxville soon became famous (or infamous) as a stronghold of stalwart Unionism, thanks to the efforts of a small cadre who persisted in openly denouncing the Confederacy. Throughout the course of the Civil War, Knoxville endured military occupation for all but three days, hosting Confederate troops during the first half of the conflict and Union forces throughout the remainder, with the transition punctuated by an extended siege and bloody battle during which nearly forty thousand soldiers fought over the town. In Lincolnites and Rebels, Robert Tracy McKenzie tells the story of Civil War Knoxville-a perpetually occupied, bitterly divided Southern town where neighbor fought against neighbor. Mining a treasure-trove of manuscript collections and civil and military records, McKenzie reveals the complex ways in which allegiance altered the daily routine of a town gripped in a civil war within the Civil War and explores the agonizing personal decisions that war made inescapable. Following the course of events leading up to the war, occupation by Confederate and then Union soldiers, and the troubled peace that followed the war, Lincolnites and Rebels details in microcosm the conflict and paints a complex portrait of a border state, neither wholly North nor South.
Diehard Rebels
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Author : Jason Phillips
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2007
Diehard Rebels written by Jason Phillips and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Concentrates on diehard rebel soldiers' faith in Confederate invincibility and reveals the history of southern culture as a continuum rather than a succession of old South, Confederacy, new South.
The Cottage Cyclopedia Of History And Biography
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Author : Edward M. Pierce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
The Cottage Cyclopedia Of History And Biography written by Edward M. Pierce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with Biography categories.
The Rebel From Shepherd Mountain
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Author : Evault Boswell
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2000-10
The Rebel From Shepherd Mountain written by Evault Boswell and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10 with Fiction categories.
The Rebel from Shepherd Mountain is a novel that entwines the lives of the historical character, Sam Hildebrand, a Missouri Bushwhacker during the Civil War, with the life of Aaron Bloom, a fictional character. Sam is cast from his home and his brothers are killed by vigilantes and vows to fight for the Confederacy. Aaron's father is killed and the teenage boy is disfigured and crippled by a Federal officer. Aaron also vows vengeance and joins the Bushwhackers led be Sam. Aaron's hate is turned to love when he finds Christ through the efforts of a young lady named Mary Lee. She and Aaron plan to marry but in one last raid, he sacrifices his life to save the very man he had vowed to kill. All historical events are carefully documented, including real life characters such as Federal U.S. Grant, General Sterling Price, and Jeff Thompson. The book is true to the actual events, including dates, the terrain, and weather.
Soldiers And Citizens Album Of Biographical Record Of Wisconsin Containing Personal Sketches Of Army Men And Citizens Prominent In Loyalty To The Union
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Soldiers And Citizens Album Of Biographical Record Of Wisconsin Containing Personal Sketches Of Army Men And Citizens Prominent In Loyalty To The Union written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with United States categories.
Model Rebels
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Author : Bruce Gilley
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-02-18
Model Rebels written by Bruce Gilley and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-18 with History categories.
A portentous tale of rural rebellion unfolds in Bruce Gilley's moving chronicle of a village on the northern China plains during the post-1978 economic reform era. Gilley examines how Daqiu Village, led by Yu Zuomin, a charismatic Communist Party secretary and president of the local industrial conglomerate, became the richest village in China and a model for the rural reforms of the 1980s and early 1990s. A growing campaign of political resistance led to increasing tensions between the villagers and the Chinese state, and eventually, in an event that made headlines around the world, an armed confrontation between the village and higher authorities backed by paramilitary police brought Yu Zuomin and his village crashing down.
The Rebels Of Mount Buffalo
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Author : Helen Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-11
The Rebels Of Mount Buffalo written by Helen Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-11 with categories.
It's 1998 and Clara and her parents are staying at the Mount Buffalo Chalet for the centenary celebrations. It couldn't be more different from their last visit-they were a family of four then. Now they're just three separate people, orbiting around each other while trying to navigate their overwhelming grief. With her twin Darius gone, Clara has no reference point anymore, no guide. It's like being lost in the bush without a compass. Without him, she doesn't really know who she is.After a strange night, Clara wakes up in 1893. There she meets Alice, a girl who lives within the fern-filled valleys. To her surprise, Clara recognises Alice-knows more about her than Alice knows about herself. She is Guide Alice, the girl considered a rebel of her time, an adventurous non-conformist who spent much of her life boldly leading people along rugged trails between granite tors and misty mountain peaks.The 1890s were a difficult era in Australia's history. The country is in the grip of a terrible Depression, and desperate people can be dangerous. When Alice's life is threatened, Clara must rediscover the courage she has always had, and become the girl she was always meant to be. When help is needed, Clara will be the first to dive right in... Bringing in themes of early feminism and issues such as bullying, never being a bystander, managing grief and finding your courage, this engaging middle grade timeslip story draws on the true history of Mount Buffalo and the incredible role the Manfield family-and Guide Alice in particular-played in the preservation of the National Park and the development of tourism in the Mount Buffalo region.
Rebels In Blue
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Author : Peter F. Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Release Date : 1999-05-01
Rebels In Blue written by Peter F. Stevens and has been published by Taylor Trade Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This Civil War story follows the real-life exploits of a married couple who fought side-by-side as soldiers for the North, the South, and finally for a band of marauding, pro-Union partisans.