| With Fire and Sword: Arkansas, 1861-1874 Contributor(s): Deblack, Thomas A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557287406 ISBN-13: 9781557287403 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: When Arkansas seceded from the Union in 1861, it was a thriving state. But the Civil War and Reconstruction left it reeling, impoverished, and so deeply divided that it never regained the level of prosperity it had previously enjoyed. Although most of the major battles of the war occurred elsewhere, Arkansas was critical to the Confederate war effort in the vast Trans-Mississippi region, and Arkansas soldiers served--some for the Union and more for the Confederacy--in every major theater of the war. And the war within the state was devastating. Union troops occupied various areas, citizens suffered greatly from the war's economic disruption, and guerilla conflict and factional tensions left a bitter legacy. Reconstruction was in many ways a continuation of the war as the prewar elite fought to regain economic and political power. In this, the fourth volume in the Histories of Arkansas series, Thomas DeBlack not only describes the major players and events in this dramatic and painful story, but also explores the experiences of ordinary people. Although the historical evidence is complex--and much of the secondary literature is extraordinarily partisan--DeBlack offers a balanced, vivid overview of the state's most tumultuous period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.709 |
| LCCN: 2002153533 |
| Series: Histories of Arkansas |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.4" W x 8.84" (0.91 lbs) 263 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Arkansas seceded from the Union in 1861, it was a thriving state. But the Civil War and Reconstruction left it reeling, impoverished, and so deeply divided that it never regained the level of prosperity it had previously enjoyed. Although most of the major battles of the war occurred elsewhere, Arkansas was critical to the Confederate war effort in the vast Trans-Mississippi region, and Arkansas soldiers served--some for the Union and more for the Confederacy--in every major theater of the war. And the war within the state was devastating. Union troops occupied various areas, citizens suffered greatly from the war's economic disruption, and guerilla conflict and factional tensions left a bitter legacy. Reconstruction was in many ways a continuation of the war as the prewar elite fought to regain economic and political power. |