Mississippi in the Civil War the home front /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Timothy B., 1974-
Corporate Authors: Mississippi Historical Society, Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, c2010.
Series:Heritage of Mississippi series ; v. 4.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "My beloved Mississippi is being overrun"
  • pt. 1. The state in military conflict
  • "Then go down into Egypt while Herod reigns in Judea"
  • "The struggle is now for her existence as a state"
  • "The arms and military property of the state"
  • "A swath of desolation"
  • "Patriotism enough to bear such a tax as this"
  • pt. 2. The people in social conflict
  • "If Lincoln should continue to work at the mote in our eye"
  • "Her people are drifting to the Yankees"
  • "Tears on many a dark cheek"
  • "I have borne it all very cheerfully, so far"
  • "Our poor country is getting into a deplorable condition."