Confederate Arkansas [electronic resource] : The People and Policies of a Frontier State in Wartime

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dougan, Michael B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arkansas--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Frontier and pioneer life--Arkansas.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Arkansas.

Local Subjects:

Arkansas--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Frontier and pioneer life--Arkansas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book fills a long standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on newspaper articles, legal documents, letters, diaries, reminiscences, songs, and official military reports, Dougan's account provides a full picture of the political situation just prior to the war, and set the stage for the state's entry into the war despite the fate that only a third of the population supported secession.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. State Politics on the Eve of the Sectional Crisis; 3. Arkansas in the Election of 1860; 4. Arkansas and the Union, November, 1860 - March, 1861; 5. Arkansas Leaves the Union; 6. The First Year of the War; 7. The Second Year of the War; 8. Wartime Conditions; 9. The War's End; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

817893119