Author: Society of the Fifth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. Reunion
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Category : Reunions
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Proceedings of the Second Annual Reunion of the Society of the Fifth Ills. Vet. Vol. Cav
Author: Society of the Fifth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. Reunion
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Category : Reunions
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Reunions
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Prairie Boys Go to War
Author: Rhonda M. Kohl
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809332043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M. Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who served in the Fifth Illinois. The regiment’s history unfolds around major events in the Western Theater from 1861 to September 1865, including campaigns at Helena, Vicksburg, Jackson, and Meridian, as well as numerous little-known skirmishes. Although they were led almost exclusively by Northern-born Republicans, the majority of the soldiers in the Fifth Illinois remained Democrats. As Kohl demonstrates, politics, economics, education, social values, and racism separated the line officers from the common soldiers, and the internal friction caused by these cultural disparities led to poor leadership, low morale, disciplinary problems, and rampant alcoholism. The narrative pulls the Fifth Illinois out of historical oblivion, elucidating the highs and lows of the soldiers’ service as well as their changing attitudes toward war goals, religion, liberty, commanding generals, Copperheads, and alcoholism. By reconstructing the cultural context of Fifth Illinois soldiers, Prairie Boys Go to War reveals how social and economic traditions can shape the wartime experience.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809332043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M. Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who served in the Fifth Illinois. The regiment’s history unfolds around major events in the Western Theater from 1861 to September 1865, including campaigns at Helena, Vicksburg, Jackson, and Meridian, as well as numerous little-known skirmishes. Although they were led almost exclusively by Northern-born Republicans, the majority of the soldiers in the Fifth Illinois remained Democrats. As Kohl demonstrates, politics, economics, education, social values, and racism separated the line officers from the common soldiers, and the internal friction caused by these cultural disparities led to poor leadership, low morale, disciplinary problems, and rampant alcoholism. The narrative pulls the Fifth Illinois out of historical oblivion, elucidating the highs and lows of the soldiers’ service as well as their changing attitudes toward war goals, religion, liberty, commanding generals, Copperheads, and alcoholism. By reconstructing the cultural context of Fifth Illinois soldiers, Prairie Boys Go to War reveals how social and economic traditions can shape the wartime experience.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Illinois Historical Journal
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Proceedings of the Reunion Society of Vermont Officers, ... with Addresses Delivered at Its Meetings
Author: Reunion Society of Vermont Officers
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Journal of Illinois History
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Report of the Proceedings of the Association of the Fifty-fifth Illinois Vet. Vol. Infantry
Author: Illinois Infantry. 55th Regiment, 1861-1865
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Papers and proceedings of the annual meeting
Author: New York State Veterinary Medical Society
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Through the Howling Wilderness
Author: Gary D. Joiner
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572335448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Through the Howling Wilderness is replete with in-depth coverage on the geography of the region, the Congressional hearings after the Campaign, and the Confederate defenses in the Red River Valley.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572335448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Through the Howling Wilderness is replete with in-depth coverage on the geography of the region, the Congressional hearings after the Campaign, and the Confederate defenses in the Red River Valley.
Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the Academic Society for Large Animal Veterinary Medicine
Author: Academic Society for Large Animal Veterinary Medicine. Meeting
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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Publisher:
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Category : Veterinary medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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