Confederate Arkansas: The People and Policies of a Frontier State in Wartime - Softcover

Dougan, Michael B.

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This book fills a long standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on newspaper articles, legal documents, letters, diaries, reminiscences, songs, and official military reports, Dougan’s account provides a full picture of the political situation just prior to the war, and set the stage for the state’s entry into the war despite the fate that only a third of the population supported secession.

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This book fills a long-standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on newspaper articles, legal documents, letters, diaries, reminiscences, songs, and official military reports, Dougan's account provides a full picture of the political situation just prior to the war and sets the stage for the state's entry into the war despite the fact that only one third of the population supported secession.

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9780817352301: Confederate Arkansas: The people and policies of a frontier state in wartime

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ISBN 10:  0817352309 ISBN 13:  9780817352301
Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 1976
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