| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index. |
| Contents |
The politics of war, August 1861 to February 1862 -- The springtime of war, March to July 1862 -- This godforsaken town, July to October 1862 -- Under Grant's command, November 1862 to May 1863 -- Redemption at Vicksburg, June to August 1863 -- Winslow's Cavalry, September 1863 to January 1864 -- The grand raid, February to March 1864 -- Garrison duty, March to December 1864 -- Soon this cruel war will close, January to October 1865. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M. Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who. |
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United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
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Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kohl, Rhonda M., 1957- Prairie boys go to war. Carbondale [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] 9780809332038 0809332035 (DLC) 2012017679 |
| ISBN |
0809332043 (electronic bk.) |
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9780809332045 (electronic bk.) |
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