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The River Was Dyed with Blood
Author | : Brian Steel Wills |
Publsiher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-03-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806146058 |
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The battlefield reputation of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, long recognized as a formidable warrior, has been shaped by one infamous wartime incident. At Fort Pillow in 1864, the attack by Confederate forces under Forrest’s command left many of the Tennessee Unionists and black soldiers garrisoned there dead in a confrontation widely labeled as a “massacre.” In The River Was Dyed with Blood, best-selling Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills argues that although atrocities did occur after the fall of the fort, Forrest did not order or intend a systematic execution of its defenders. Rather, the general’s great failing was losing control of his troops. A prewar slave trader and owner, Forrest was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime. Because the attack on Fort Pillow—which, as Forrest wrote, left the nearby waters “dyed with blood”—occurred in an election year, Republicans used him as a convenient Confederate scapegoat to marshal support for the war. After the war he also became closely associated with the spread of the Ku Klux Klan. Consequently, the man himself, and the truth about Fort Pillow, has remained buried beneath myths, legends, popular depictions, and disputes about the events themselves. Wills sets what took place at Fort Pillow in the context of other wartime excesses from the American Revolution to World War II and Vietnam, as well as the cultural transformations brought on by the Civil War. Confederates viewed black Union soldiers as the embodiment of slave rebellion and reacted accordingly. Nevertheless, Wills concludes that the engagement was neither a massacre carried out deliberately by Forrest, as charged by a congressional committee, nor solely a northern fabrication meant to discredit him and the Confederate States of America, as pro-Southern apologists have suggested. The battle-scarred fighter with his homespun aphorisms was neither an infallible warrior nor a heartless butcher, but a product of his time and his heritage.
The River Was Dyed with Blood
Author | : Brian Steel Wills |
Publsiher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2014-03-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806146041 |
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The battlefield reputation of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, long recognized as a formidable warrior, has been shaped by one infamous wartime incident. At Fort Pillow in 1864, the attack by Confederate forces under Forrest’s command left many of the Tennessee Unionists and black soldiers garrisoned there dead in a confrontation widely labeled as a “massacre.” In The River Was Dyed with Blood, best-selling Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills argues that although atrocities did occur after the fall of the fort, Forrest did not order or intend a systematic execution of its defenders. Rather, the general’s great failing was losing control of his troops. A prewar slave trader and owner, Forrest was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime. Because the attack on Fort Pillow—which, as Forrest wrote, left the nearby waters “dyed with blood”—occurred in an election year, Republicans used him as a convenient Confederate scapegoat to marshal support for the war. After the war he also became closely associated with the spread of the Ku Klux Klan. Consequently, the man himself, and the truth about Fort Pillow, has remained buried beneath myths, legends, popular depictions, and disputes about the events themselves. Wills sets what took place at Fort Pillow in the context of other wartime excesses from the American Revolution to World War II and Vietnam, as well as the cultural transformations brought on by the Civil War. Confederates viewed black Union soldiers as the embodiment of slave rebellion and reacted accordingly. Nevertheless, Wills concludes that the engagement was neither a massacre carried out deliberately by Forrest, as charged by a congressional committee, nor solely a northern fabrication meant to discredit him and the Confederate States of America, as pro-Southern apologists have suggested. The battle-scarred fighter with his homespun aphorisms was neither an infallible warrior nor a heartless butcher, but a product of his time and his heritage.
Raising the White Flag
Author | : David Silkenat |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2019-02-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781469649733 |
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The American Civil War began with a laying down of arms by Union troops at Fort Sumter, and it ended with a series of surrenders, most famously at Appomattox Courthouse. But in the intervening four years, both Union and Confederate forces surrendered en masse on scores of other occasions. Indeed, roughly one out of every four soldiers surrendered at some point during the conflict. In no other American war did surrender happen so frequently. David Silkenat here provides the first comprehensive study of Civil War surrender, focusing on the conflicting social, political, and cultural meanings of the action. Looking at the conflict from the perspective of men who surrendered, Silkenat creates new avenues to understand prisoners of war, fighting by Confederate guerillas, the role of southern Unionists, and the experiences of African American soldiers. The experience of surrender also sheds valuable light on the culture of honor, the experience of combat, and the laws of war.
Sword Immortal is also charming
Author | : Hu Liqun |
Publsiher | : Sellene Chardou |
Total Pages | : 1339 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781304428455 |
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The Book of Martyrs Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary Illustrated with Copper plates Originally Written by Mr J F and Now Revised and Corrected by an Impartial Hand Abridged from the Fifth Section of Fox s Acts and Monuments with Additions
Author | : John Foxe |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 814 |
Release | : 1741 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0019793861 |
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Annotations Upon the Second Book of Moses Called Exodus
Author | : Henry Ainsworth |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1617 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : KBNL:UBA000017486 |
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The Acts and Monuments of the Church
Author | : John Foxe,John Fox |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1172 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : Martyrs |
ISBN | : OXFORD:590383585 |
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Thomas Wolfe Of Time and the River You Can t Go Home Again Look Homeward Angel
Author | : Thomas Wolfe |
Publsiher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 2682 |
Release | : 2023-11-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : EAN:8596547683148 |
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"You Can't Go Home Again" – George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town, he is shaken by the force of outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and lifelong friends feel naked and exposed by what they have seen in his books, and their fury drives him from his home. Outcast, George Webber begins a search for his own identity. It takes him to New York and a hectic social whirl; to Paris with an uninhibited group of expatriates; to Berlin, lying cold and sinister under Hitler's shadow. "Look Homeward, Angel" is an American coming-of-age story. The novel is considered to be autobiographical and the character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Thomas Wolfe himself. Set in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, it covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19. "Of Time and the River" is the continuation of the story of Eugene Gant, detailing his early and mid-twenties. During that time Eugene attends Harvard University, moves to New York City, teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with his friend Francis Starwick.