Key command [electronic resource] : Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / T.K. Kionka.
2006
F549.C2 K56 2006eb
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Title
Key command [electronic resource] : Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / T.K. Kionka.
Author
Kionka, T. K., 1948-
ISBN
0826216552 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780826216557
9780826216557
Imprint
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Language
English
Description
xii, 229 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F549.C2 K56 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.3/03
Summary
"From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
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Table of Contents
Company town
South Illinois
Ready for the scratch
This awful sickly place
Lively times in Cairo
Mischief
Comfort for our boys
Night and day and Sunday : the Navy
A brave set of men
Nothing of importance
The Cairo ring
Necessary goods
Gone up the river
Burden of war
Illumination.
South Illinois
Ready for the scratch
This awful sickly place
Lively times in Cairo
Mischief
Comfort for our boys
Night and day and Sunday : the Navy
A brave set of men
Nothing of importance
The Cairo ring
Necessary goods
Gone up the river
Burden of war
Illumination.