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War upon our border : two Ohio Valley communities navigate the Civil War / Stephen I. Rockenbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rockenbach, Stephen I., 1971- author.
- Series:
- Nation divided
- A nation divided: studies in the Civil War era
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corydon (Ind.)--History--19th century.
- Corydon (Ind.).
- Frankfort (Ky.)--History--19th century.
- Frankfort (Ky.).
- Ohio River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Ohio River Valley.
- History.
- Corydon (Ind.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Frankfort (Ky.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Indiana--Corydon.
- Kentucky--Frankfort.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Prologue: "Excitement at Brandenburg"
- "Brothers, relatives, and friends"
- "The vortex of secession"
- "To protect the community"
- "War for the confiscation of property"
- "Going to the free country"
- "The wolf was upon us"
- "Treason and rebellion have wrought sorrow and distress"
- "The Ohio was a gulf of raging fire"
- "Reduced to absolute want"
- Epilogue: "Corydon loves to be conquered".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813939186
- 0813939186
- OCLC:
- 946076256
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