Download or read book Illinois Rebels written by Ed Gleeson and published by Emmis Books. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illinois rebels will be unwelcome by Civil War enthusiasts who see our greatest national calamity from a totally partisan point of view-- Whether that partisanship be pro-Confederate of pro-Union. Pro-Confederate patricians will be reluctant to recognize the overwhelming historical data that suggests that the Southern Illinois farmers, a majority of whom had been born in the South, detested the planter class of the Southern aristocracy. Pro-Union partisan well be hesitant to accept the mountain of historical evidence that proves the exitance of a small but intensely dedicated group of men from the "Land of Lincoln" who went south to fight against their fellow Illinoisans, Beginning their journey from two hundred miles behind enemy lines. These Southern patriots form Illinois, just like their much more numerous Federal counterparts from the Prairie State, were decent men, firmly committed to the service of God and country. Illinois Rebels is certain to be rejected by those who loudly proclaim the epic drama to be a clear case of the good guys (us) versus (them). But for those who appreciate the horrible ironies of history, this book can serve as one more grim reminder of the terrifying reality that was the real War Between the States. Incredibly, the conflict was a matter of half of the American family--North or South, free or slave, good or bad--pitted against the other half. The Challenge here is to understand history by overcoming stereotypes. And the premise is that fact, as usual, is stranger than fiction"
Download or read book Illinois Rebels written by Ed Gleeson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Martyrs and Heroes of Illinois in the Great Rebellion written by James Barnet and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illinois Rebels written by Ed Gleeson and published by Guilde Press of Indiana. This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those that appreciate the horrible ironies of history: a group of men left southern Illinois to fight with the Confederacy against their state. Their story is "not your typical history."
Download or read book Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 written by James Grant Wilson and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Martyrs and Heroes of Illinois in the Great Rebellion Biographical Sketches Edited by J Barnet Illustrated with Portraits written by James Barnet and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Thirty Sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion written by Lyman G. Bennett and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Download or read book Rebel in Illinois written by Joe Alex Morris and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Their Letters in Their Words written by Mark Flotow and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vital lifeline to home during the Civil War, the letters of soldiers to their families and friends remain a treasure for those seeking to connect with and understand the most turbulent period of American history. Rather than focus on the experiences of a few witnesses, this impressively researched book documents 165 Illinois Civil War soldiers’ and sailors’ lives through the lens of their personal letters. Editor Mark Flotow chose a variety of letter writers who hailed from counties throughout the state, served in different branches of the military at different ranks, and represented the gamut of social experiences and war outcomes. Flotow provides extensive quotations from the letters. By allowing the soldiers to speak for themselves, he captures what mattered most to them. Illinois soldiers wrote about their reasons for enlisting; the nature of training and duties; necessities like eating, sleeping, marching, and making the best of often harsh and chaotic circumstances; Southern culture; slavery; their opinions of commanding officers and the president; disease, medicine, and hospitals; their prisoner-of-war experiences; and the ways they left the army. Through letters from afar, many soldiers sought to manage their homes and farms, while some single men attempted to woo their sweethearts. Flotow includes brief biographies for each soldier quoted in the book, weaves historical context and analysis with the letters, and organizes them by topic. Thus, intimate details cited in individual letters reveal their significance for those who lived and shaped this tumultuous era. The result is not only insightful history but also compelling reading.
Download or read book Rebels and Runaways written by Larry E. Rivers and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. Using a variety of sources, Larry Eugene Rivers discusses Florida's unique historical significance as a runaway slave haven dating back to the seventeenth century. In moving detail, Rivers illustrates what life was like for enslaved blacks whose families were pulled asunder as they relocated and how they fought back any way they could to control small parts of their own lives. Identifying slave rebellions such as the Stono, Louisiana, Denmark (Telemaque) Vesey, Gabriel, and the Nat Turner insurrections, Rivers argues persuasively that the size, scope, and intensity of black resistance in the Second Seminole War makes it the largest sustained slave insurrection in American history.
Download or read book Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 Classic Reprint written by James Grant Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 This is their last great stake. The despe ration with which they have fought has devel oped the depth, intensity and recklessness of their designs. Their mode of warfare is the most malignant, desperate and savage. Thus we are brought to the very crisis Of the rebel lion, and all our hopes, and the hopes of this great country, hang upon the issue. It is for this reason that the President tele graphs me in a private dispatch, Time is everything. Please act in view of this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The War of the Rebellion and Coles County Illinois written by Gail L. Lathrop and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Illinois Republicanism written by Green Berry Raum and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Fortieth Illinois Inf Volunteers written by Ephraim J. Hart and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Download or read book BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ILLIN written by James Grant 1832-1914 Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clear the Track written by Phillip J. Reyburn and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the air filled with the missiles of death, the bluecoats sought the shelter of mother earth and lay flat hugging the wet ground. The men were caught in an exposed position, and here occurred an incident, that would haunt William R. Hartpence of the Fifty-first Indiana as long as he lived. He observed First Lieutenant Peter G. Tait of the Eighty-ninth Illinois standing a little in advance of his regiment, which had intermingled with the Fifty-first during the assault. With his eyes fixed on the young officer, Hartpence watched as Tait was stuck by a cannon ball near the center of his body, tearing a great hole in the left side. As he fell, he threw his right arm around to his side, when his heart and left lung dropped out into it. The heart continued to throb for twenty minutes, its pulsations being distinctly seen by his agonized comrades, who stood there and saw the noble life fade out in heroic self-sacrifice. Battle of Nashville, December 16, 1864. In answer to Lincolns call for more men to put down the rebellion, the several trunk railroads centered in Chicago oversaw the organization of a regiment composed principally of railroad employees. Numbered the Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, it was better known by the sobriquet, the Railroad Regiment. Considered one of the 300 hundred fighting regiments of the Union army, the Railroaders had 133 men killed in action or later died from wounds. Another 66 succumbed in rebel prisons. At the final muster, Colonel Charles T. Hotchkiss said it best: Our history is written on the head-boards of rudely-made graves. . . . Such a record we feel proud of. And indeed, it was. PHILIP J. REYBURN is a retired field representative for the Social Security Administration. With Terry L. Wilson, he edited Jottings from Dixie: The Civil War Dispatches of Sergeant Major Stephen F. Fleharty, U.S.A.
