Deep in the Piney Woods : Southeastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800–1865 / Tommy Craig Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Tommy Craig, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wiregrass Country (Ala.)--History--19th century.

Wiregrass Country (Ala.).

Wiregrass Country (Ala.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Wiregrass Country (Ala.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]

Summary:

A chronicle of the Civil War era in one of Alabama's most overlooked and least studied regions Much of Alabama's written history concentrates on the Tennessee Valley, the hill counties, and the Black Belt, while the piney woods of south central and southeastern Alabama, commonly known as the wiregrass region today, is one of the most.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "The Wilderness Is All before You": Settlement

2. "Of All the Hardy Sons of Toil": Class and Race in the Piney Woods

3. "Let the Union Stand": Piney Woods Politics, 1819-1845

4. "Disruption of the Ties Which Bind Us Together": The Politics of Secession, 1845-1861

5. "From the Lights before Us I Think War Is Close at Hand": The War Begins

6. "I Have No One to Assist Mee on Earth": The Piney Woods War, 1862

7. "I Feel Like We Are Almost Ruined": The War Takes Its Toll, 1863-1865

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8173-9201-7

OCLC:

1056246559