John C. Brown of Tennessee (eBook)

Rebel, Redeemer, and Railroader

Sam D. Elliott (Autor)

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2024 | 1
386 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
9781621902881 (ISBN)

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WINNER OF THE TENNESSEE HISTORY BOOK AWARD John Calvin Brown was a Confederate general, Tennessee politician, railroad executive, and lawyer, and yet he is little known to today's Americans. He left behind few personal papers and died relatively young despite his remarkably productive life, leaving his voice silent while historical debate raged over events in which he was a significant player. John C. Brown of Tennesseeis the first full-scale biography of this understudied figure. Author Sam Davis Elliott's comprehensive research reveals how Brown rose to the rank of general in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. A five-time wounded veteran of nearly every one of the army's battles from Fort Donelson to Franklin, Brown played a unique utility role as a division commander in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. There is a substantial likelihood he was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan after the war, but more well-established is his role as leader in the anti-Brownlow movement that sought to end Radical Reconstruction in Tennessee. He was selected president of the 1870 constitutional convention, which helped lead to his election as governor later that year. After his tumultuous time as governor seeking to resolve economic conflicts that began before the Civil War, he became a railroad executive and industrialist. He had a significant role in the struggle between rival financiers for control of the southern route to the Pacific, and was in the front lines of management on behalf of the Texas and Pacific Railroad during the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. His wide-ranging and successful career reflects not only the attributes of Brown's character, but provides insight into many key events of nineteenth-century America. John C. Brown of Tennesseefills not only a biographical but a historiographical gap in the literature on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee and the post-Confederate South.Sam Davis Elliottis a practicing attorney in Chattanooga. He is the author ofIsham G. Harris of TennesseeandSoldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West, and the editor ofDoctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1870 Tennessee constitutional convention • American History • American South • anti-Brownlow movement • Atlanta Campaign • Battle of Franklin • Biography • Civil War • civil war historiography • Civil War veterans • Confederate Army of Tennessee • confederate general • Confederate Veterans • Economic History • fort donelson • Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 • historical biography • historical debate • historical events • historical figure • Historical research • industrialist • John Calvin Brown • Ku Klux Klan • lawyer • nineteenth-century America • Nineteenth-century biography • political leader • post-Civil War economic conflicts • post-Confederate South • post-war leadership • Radical Reconstruction • railroad executive • railroad industry • railroad management • reconstruction era • Sam Davis Elliott • Southern Pacific route • Southern Politics • Tennessee governor • Tennessee History • Tennessee politician • Texas and Pacific Railroad • understudied figure
• ISBN-13: 9781621902881 / 9781621902881