Legends and Stories of Civil War Rutherford County
Author : Homer Pittard
Publisher :
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Rutherford County (Tenn.)
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Author : Homer Pittard
Publisher :
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Rutherford County (Tenn.)
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Author : Carlton C. Sims
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Rutherford County (Tenn.)
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Author : Joseph C. Fitzharris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0806165936
Outstanding in appearance, discipline, and precision at drill, the Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was often mistaken for a regular army unit. Rebel Colonel Ponder described the regiment as “the hardest lot of men he’d ever run against.” Betrayed by its higher commanders, the Third Minnesota was surrendered to Nathan Bedford Forrest on July 13, 1862, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Through letters, personal accounts of the men, and other sources, author Joseph C. Fitzharris recounts how the Minnesotans, prisoners of war, broken in spirit and morale, went home and found redemption and renewed purpose fighting the Dakota Indians. They were then sent south to fight guerrillas along the Tennessee River. In the process, the regiment was forged anew as a superbly drilled and disciplined unit that participated in the siege of Vicksburg and in the Arkansas Expedition that took Little Rock. At Pine Bluff, Arkansas, sickness so reduced its numbers that the Third was twice unable to muster enough men to bury its own dead, but the men never wavered in battle. In both Tennessee and Arkansas, the Minnesotans actively supported the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) and provided many officers for USCT units. The Hardest Lot of Men follows the Third through occupation to war’s end, when the returning men, deeming the citizens of St. Paul insufficiently appreciative, spurned a celebration in their honor. In this first full account of the regiment, Fitzharris brings to light the true story long obscured by the official histories illustrating aspects of a nineteenth-century soldier’s life—enlisted and commissioned alike—from recruitment and training to the rigors of active duty. The Hardest Lot of Men gives us an authentic picture of the Third Minnesota, at once both singular and representative of its historical moment.
Author : Michael R. Bradley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1614234744
As the Civil War unfolded, Murfreesboro became hotly contested by Confederate and Union forces. Both sides occupied the town for significant periods, with power changing hands as the fighting raged. Punctuated by events like Nathan Bedford Forrests raid on Union forces in July 1862, Jefferson Daviss visit and the wedding of General John Hunt Morgan and Martha Ready, wartime Murfreesboro saw no shortage of drama. As combat escalated, the bloody Battle of Stones River and the Nashville Campaign brought more destruction. Yet at wars end, the resilient locals remained and rebuilt their town from the rubble. Authors and Civil War historians Michael Bradley and Shirley Farris Jones track the tumult of the proceedings to recount the compelling story of Murfreesboro during the Civil War.
Author : Mabel Pittard
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
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The time period covered by this book is from approximately 1606 to 1983.
Author : Rutherford County Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : Tennessee Folklore Society
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Folklore
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Includes music (unaccompanied melodies).
Author : Rutherford County Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Link
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Author : Rutherford County Historical Society
Publisher :
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Tennessee Folklore Society
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Includes music (unaccompanied melodies)