First published in 1863, this book has the immediacy, passion, and intimacy of its wartime context. It tells the remarkable story of Albert Webb Bishop, a New York lawyer turned Union soldier, who in 1862 accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel in a regiment of Ozark mountaineers. While maintaining Union control of northwest Arkansas, he collected stories of the social coercion, political secession, and brutal terrorism that scarred the region. His larger goal, however, was to popularize and inspire sympathy for the ...
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First published in 1863, this book has the immediacy, passion, and intimacy of its wartime context. It tells the remarkable story of Albert Webb Bishop, a New York lawyer turned Union soldier, who in 1862 accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel in a regiment of Ozark mountaineers. While maintaining Union control of northwest Arkansas, he collected stories of the social coercion, political secession, and brutal terrorism that scarred the region. His larger goal, however, was to popularize and inspire sympathy for the South's Unionists and to chronicle the triumph of Unionism in a Confederate state. His account points to the complex and divisive nature of Confederate society and in doing so provides a perspective that has long been absent from discussions of the Civil War
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Book is clean, tight and unmarked in DJ (image of Bishop with blue background on front panel of DJ).
Add this copy of Loyalty on the Frontier, Or Sketches of Union Men of to cart. $35.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1863 by R. P. Studley.
Edition:
1863, R. P. Studley
Hardcover
Details:
Edition:
First edition
Publisher:
R. P. Studley
Published:
1863
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13621011491
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Notations on front endsheet, title page and the margins of several leaves effaced using white-out and replaced paper; most pages foxed; small chips to cloth. 228 pp. 8vo,
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Add this copy of Loyalty on the Frontier, Or Sketches of Union Men of to cart. $150.00, very good condition, Sold by Voyageur Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1863 by R. P. Studley and Co..
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Very Good. 228pp. Dark green cloth hard cover with blindstamp decoration and gilt spine title, minor cloth chipping to the book corners. Some foxing throughout, previous owner's name in ink on the front flyleaf. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. MC.