The prairie boys go to war : the Fifth Illinois Cavalry, 1861-1865 /
Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Carbondale [Illinois] :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and in Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, the author offers a comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who served in the Fifth Illinois. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0809332043 9780809332045 9781283971027 128397102X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
