Format:
305 pages
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781945624124
,
9781945624186
Content:
"This is the fascinating story of Civil War era farmers and hill people from northern Arkansas, where slavery was not a big part of the local economy, who opposed the state's secession from the Union"--
Content:
Background: Arkansas in 1860 -- Fight for the union: Whigs and the northern- and foreign-born -- Mountain feds: origins of the Peace Society, May 6-November 17, 1861 -- Discovery and arrest, November 17-December 31, 1861 -- After the break-up: the captured, January 1862-January 1863 -- Aftermath: January 1863 until... -- Other Arkansas mountain federals and secret unionists, 1862-1868 -- Appendix I. State convention members -- Appendix II. Peace Society members -- Appendix III. True Democrat evaluation and rebuttal -- Appendix IV. Constitution of the Mill Creek Peace Organization Society -- Appendix V. Calf Creek resolutions -- Appendix VI. Camp Culloden prisoners -- Appendix VII. Captain John R. H. Scott to General Benjamin McCulloch -- Appendix VIII. Company I, 18th (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry -- Appendix IX. Company K, 18th (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Language:
English
Keywords:
Arkansas
;
Sezessionskrieg
;
USA
;
Anhängerschaft
;
Geschichte
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