| Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861-1865 Contributor(s): Cutrer, Thomas W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469631563 ISBN-13: 9781469631561 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $38.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.73 |
| LCCN: 2016047324 |
| Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (2.20 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though its most famous battles were waged in the East at Antietam, Gettysburg, and throughout Virginia, the Civil War was clearly a conflict that raged across a continent. From cotton-rich Texas and the fields of Kansas through Indian Territory and into the high desert of New Mexico, the trans-Mississippi theater was site of major clashes from the war's earliest days through the surrenders of Confederate generals Edmund Kirby Smith and Stand Waite in June 1865. In this comprehensive military history of the war west of the Mississippi River, Thomas W. Cutrer shows that the theater's distance from events in the East does not diminish its importance to the unfolding of the larger struggle. Theater of a Separate War details the battles between North and South in these far-flung regions, assessing the complex political and military strategies on both sides. While providing the definitive history of the rise and fall of the South's armies in the far West, Cutrer shows, even if the region's influence on the Confederacy's cause waned, its role persisted well beyond the fall of Richmond and Lee's surrender to Grant. In this masterful study, Cutrer offers a fresh perspective on an often overlooked aspect of Civil War history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cutrer, Thomas W.: - Thomas W. Cutrer is professor emeritus of history at Arizona State University. |