A Thrilling Narrative.A Thrilling Narrative Captain Dennis E. Haynes, author Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., editor The University of Arkansas Press The University of Arkansas Press is a university press that is part of the University of Arkansas. External link
201 Ozark Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701 www.uapress.com 1557288119 $29.95 1-800-626-0090 A Thrilling Narrative: The Memoir Of A Southern Unionist In the United States, Southern Unionists were people living in the Southern United States opposed to secession and against the Civil War. The term was used during the war and later during Reconstruction. is the memoir of Captain Dennis E. Haynes, and a rarity indeed--the true tale of a Southern unionist. Few Southern Unionists wrote of their experiences after the American Civil War American Civil War or Civil War or War Between the States (1861–65) Conflict between the U.S. federal government and 11 Southern states that fought to secede from the Union. , and A Thrilling Narrative is the only publication of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. Unionist, and the only account of the First Louisiana Battalion Cavalry Scouts, a unit that existed for less than three months and only saw action during the Red River Campaign The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition consisted of a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. of 1864. In A Thrilling Narrative, Haynes speaks of how he opposed the secession of Texas and became a hunted man for it, his terrible journey to reach Union troops in Louisiana, and the cruelty that he and other Union sympathizers suffered at the hands of the Confederates. Notes and an index round out this powerful glimpse at the harrowing difficulties of taking a stand that is unpopular to one's neighbors. |
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