Portraits Of Conflict.
Portraits Of Conflict
Richard B. McCaslin
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More than 20,000 Union and Confederate troops died at the Battle of
Murfressboro in Tennessee. To commemorate this bloody episode of 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. , "Portraits Of Conflict: A Photographic History
Of Tennessee
Main article: Tennessee
Tennessee is an American state and a constituent part of the United States of America. It was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. In The Civil War" by Richard M. McCaslin (Associate
Professor of History at the University of North Texas) is a 430-page
compendium of historic portraiture photographs of participants
accompanied by their individual stories of men (and some women) who
fought and lost their lives in defense of what they believed in. Among
these 250 stories is that of a widow who worked as a Union spy to
support herself and her children. A father emerged from his house to
find his Confederate soldier son dying at his feet. The nine-year-old
boy who attached himself to a Union regiment after his mother died.
Historian Richard McCaslin drew upon recovered letters and diaries, as
well as other sources of information to make this volume of the
'Portraits Of Conflict' series (of which this volume is the
eighth) of immense interest to Civil War historians, students, and
enthusiasts, and a necessary addition to academic and community library
Civil War Studies and American Photography reference collections. This
outstanding series includes two other titles by Professor McCaslin:
"Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of South Carolina South Carolina is one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. Its history has been remarkable for an extraordinary commitment to political independence, whether from overseas or federal control. in
the Civil War" (9781557283634) and "Portraits of Conflict: A
Photographic History of North Carolina This article discusses the history of a U.S. state. For information on the state today, see North Carolina. Province of North Carolina
North Carolina developed distinctly from South Carolina almost from the beginning. in the Civil War"
(9781557284549), as well as "Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic
History of Georgia History of Georgia can refer to: - History of Georgia (country), an article about the country, Georgia.
- History of Georgia (U.S. state), an article about the U.S. state of Georgia.
- History of Georgia Tech, an article about the school, Georgia Tech
in the Civile War (9781557284211) by Anne J. Bailey
and Walter J. Fraser Jr.; and three volumes by the team of by Bobby
Roberts and Carl Moneyhon: "Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic
History of Mississippi Native Americans
Mississippi was part of the Mississippian culture in the early part of the 2nd millennium AD; descendant Native American tribes include the Chickasaw and Choctaw. in the Civil War (9781557282606) ;
"Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Louisiana in the
Civil War" (9781557281593); and "Portraits of Conflict: A
Photographic History of Texas in the Civil War". Also very highly
recommended by Professor McCaslin are two of his earlier histories:
"Lee in the Shadow of Washington" and "Tainted Breeze:
The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas".
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