On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War (eBook)

Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment

James Robbins Jewell (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1
404 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-368-0 (ISBN)

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From 1862 to 1865, twenty-six hundred miles away from the seat of the federal government in Washington, DC, the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment offered aid to the Union cause in the American Civil War. The First Oregon Cavalry confronted a host of complex challenges unseen by their counterparts serving in a more traditional role in the East. Their battles were more often with Native Americansand often more concerned with their own status in the territory than with the Civil War rending the nationwhile searching for pro Confederate spies and sympathizers. However unsung during the war, the regiment carried out their responsibilities successfully, managing to expedite the development of the Pacific Northwest in the process.On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War introduces readers to the first regiment from the Pacific Northwest to serve the Union cause. James Robbins Jewell offers a glimpse into the lives of these soldiers, presenting their wartime letters to various northwesterners to share their experiences with loved ones at home. Complete with a series of reminiscences and excerpts from memoirs by First Oregon Cavalry officers and soldiers, On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War is the first collection of primary source materials from soldiers serving in this Far Western territory. Jewell's first-rate collection enables readers to step directly into the Pacific Northwest of the early 1860s and experience the Civil War from a different perspective.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Voices of the Civil War
• Zusatzinfo: 18 illustrations and maps
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1860s Pacific Northwest • Civil War from a different perspective • Civil War in the Pacific Northwest • Confederate spies and sympathizers • far western territory • First Oregon Cavalry's role • First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment • James Robbins Jewell • memoirs and reminiscences • Native American battles • Pacific Northwest development • primary source materials • soldiers' experiences • wartime letters
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-368-0 / 1621903680
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-368-0 / 9781621903680