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Key command : Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / T.K. Kionka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kionka, T. K., 1948-
- Series:
- Shades of blue and gray series.
- Shades of blue and gray series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cairo (Ill.)--History, Military--19th century.
- Cairo (Ill.).
- Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Illinois.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Headquarters--Illinois--Cairo.
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Company town
- South Illinois
- Ready for the scratch
- This awful sickly place
- Lively times in Cairo
- Mischief
- Comfort for our boys
- Night and day and Sunday : the Navy
- A brave set of men
- Nothing of importance
- The Cairo ring
- Necessary goods
- Gone up the river
- Burden of war
- Illumination.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6529-4
- OCLC:
- 191936321
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