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The enemy never came the Civil War in the Pacific Northwest /

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Although the Pacific Northwest was the area furthest removed from the actual battles of the Civil War, it was nonetheless profoundly affected by the war. The Enemy Never Came examines the everyday lives of the volunteer soldiers who ba...

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Основен автор: McArthur, Scott.
Формат: Електронен
Език: English
Публикувано: Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Press, 2012.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=507374
Съдържание:
  • Past is prelude
  • Politics before the war
  • War comes to the Pacific Northwest
  • The withdrwal of federal troops
  • The militia : guarding the homefront
  • Responsibilities, resistance and the draft
  • The suppression of the copperhead press
  • The Knights of the Golden Circle
  • Indians and armies
  • Indian expeditions 1860-63
  • Indian expeditions 1864 and beyond
  • An array of threats
  • The threat from the sea
  • Raising the troops
  • Civilian life
  • The life of the soldier
  • The war ends
  • The war and the economy.