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Isham G. Harris of Tennessee : Confederate governor and United States senator /

In 1931, when the Nashville Banner conducted a survey to determine the "Greatest Tennesseans" to date, the state's Confederate "War Governor," Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), ranked tenth on the list, behind such famous Tennesseans as Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Andrew Johns...

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Основен автор: Elliott, Sam Davis, 1956-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ℗♭2010.
Серия: Southern biography series.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Isham G. Harris of Tennessee.
Съдържание:
  • "From the beginning fairly successful as a lawyer," 1818-1853
  • "My business will be to advocate the principles and platform of democracy," 1854-1860
  • "For the defense of our rights and those of our southern brothers," 1861-1862
  • "I intend to remain until the battle is over," 1862
  • "In this struggle for national independence," 1863
  • "Tennessee, a grave or a free home," 1864-May 1865
  • "Better a penniless exile than to have violated principle," 1865-1867
  • "We of the South have accepted the results in good faith," 1868-1876
  • "Stand by your time-honored principles," 1877-1883
  • "The old man invincible," 1883-1897.