On the Plains in '65 : The 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry in the West (War and Society in North America)

Holliday, George H./ Longacre, Glenn V. (EDT)

Ohio University Press（2021/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 258 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780821424285
• DDC分類 B

Full Description

A new scholarly edition of an Ohio boy soldier's revealing post-Civil War memoir.
This annotated edition of Holliday's recollections—known primarily among historians of the American West—re-contextualizes his memoir to include his boyhood in southern Ohio and the largely untold story of the hundreds of Buckeyes who crossed the Ohio River to serve their country in Virginia (later West Virginia) regiments, ultimately traveling across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming to safeguard mail and stage routes along the celebrated Oregon Trail during a pivotal time in American history.
Glenn Longacre's extensive research in federal, state, and local archives, manuscript collections, and period newspapers complements his correspondence with the living descendants of Holliday and other soldiers. His research integrates this story deservedly as part of Appalachian history before, during, and after the Civil War. From this perspective it addresses an entirely new audience of Appalachian studies scholars, Civil War and frontier history enthusiasts, students, and general readers.

Contents

Illustrations
Editor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Editorial Method
Introduction
On the Plains in '65
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Bibliography
Index