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On duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War : correspondence and reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment /

Title
On duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War : correspondence and reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment / edited by James Robbins Jewell.
Publication
  • Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
Jewell, James Robbins,
Description
xlix, 354 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"During the Civil War, Union soldiers in the Far West frontier faced a dilemma. They were cut off from the main theaters of war, often thought of as shirking their duties, yet they faced unique challenges that their more conventional comrades in arms did not experience. Oregon and California often sheltered Copperheads and Confederate deserters; their foes sometimes included Native Americans; the territories they guarded were poorly defined and sometimes lawless. This is the first primary document collection of soldiers serving in the Pacific Northwest. It consists of letters, most often written anonymously to local newspapers, a series of longer reminiscences by officers in the First Oregon, and some more fragmentary memoirs of officers and soldiers."--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Voices of the Civil War
Uniform Title
Voices of the Civil War series.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Military history.
  • Records and correspondence.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Oregon and its cavalryman -- Part I. Letters -- 1862 -- 1863 -- 1864 -- Part II. From the end of service to the very end -- Turning over responsibility, 1865-1866 -- Beyond their service -- Part III. Reminiscences -- Officers -- Enlisted men -- Appendix 1. Fragmentary accounts -- Appendix 2. General Order No. 22.
ISBN
  • 9781621903673
  • 1621903672
LCCN
2018011937
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library