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Tried men and true, or, Union life in Dixie / Thomas J. Cypert ; edited and with a introduction by Margaret M. Storey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cypert, Thomas Jefferson, 1827-1901.
- Series:
- Seeing the elephant
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Tennessee.
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States. Army. Tennessee Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865).
- Cypert, Thomas Jefferson, 1827-1901.
- Cypert, Thomas Jefferson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie highlights in emotional detail the local tensions between Unionists and Confederates in the Civil War South and offers a rare first-person account of the guerrilla war that devastated Western Tennessee. Thomas Jefferson Cypert (1827-1918) was a staunch Union man of Wayne County, Tennessee. In 1863, he helped organize the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry, a regiment of loyalist Southerners enlisted to combat Confederate cavalry in West Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Tried Men and True is
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Editorial Method; Timeline; Editor's Introduction; Chapter First; Chapter Second; Chapter Third; Chapter Fourth; Chapter Fifth; Chapter Sixth; Chapter Seventh; Chapter Eighth; Chapter Ninth; Biographical Register; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- "Containing the personal experience of Thomas J. Cypert of Wayne Co., Middle Tenn., from 1861 to 1866: a complete account of his capture by the rebels, his treatment at their hands and final escape: with occasional digressions and reflections in regard to some questions that arisen during the Rebellion. Also a history of the Second Regiment of U.S. Tenn. Mounted Infantry, raised by Mr. Cypert n[ow] Senator from the Sixteenth District of Tennessee."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817385781
- 0817385789
- OCLC:
- 772845420
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