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  • Middle Tennessee Society Transformed, 1860-1870

    War and Peace in the Upper South

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    Originally published in 1988, Middle Tennessee Society Transformed marks a significant advance in the social history of the American Civil War—an approach exemplified and extended in Ash’s later work and that of other leading Civil War scholars. Winner of the Tennessee History Book Award and named by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book, it examines the Civil War in Middle Tennessee in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Tennesseans & Their History

    by Paul H. Bergeron, Jeannette Keith, Stephen V. Ash ...
    The history of Tennessee is full of dramatic episodes and colorful characters that give the Volunteer State a major place in the American saga. From the bloody battle of Shiloh in 1862 to the Dayton "monkey trial" of 1925 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis in 1968, Tennessee has been the locale for many of America's most important events.This new book presents a synthesis of ... Read more

    $16.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Massacre in Memphis

    The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    An unprecedented account of one of the bloodiest and most significant racial clashes in American historyIn May 1866, just a year after the Civil War ended, Memphis erupted in a three-day spasm of racial violence that saw whites rampage through the city's black neighborhoods. By the time the fires consuming black churches and schools were put out, forty-six freed slaves had been murdered. Congress, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • When the Yankees Came

    Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    Series series Civil War America
    Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But as Stephen Ash argues, for all, invasion and occupation were essential parts of the experience of defeat that helped shape the southern postwar mentality.When the Yankees ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Rebel Richmond

    Life and Death in the Confederate Capital

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    Series series Civil War America
    In the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence. A remarkable drama unfolded in the months that followed. The city’s population exploded, its economy was deranged, and its government and citizenry clashed desperately over resources to meet daily needs while a mighty enemy army laid ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • A Year in the South

    Four Lives in 1865

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    A Year in the South is about four ordinary people in an extraordinary time. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. One was a slave determined to gain freedom, one a widow battling poverty and despair, one a man of God and planter's son grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and one a former ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Secessionists and Other Scoundrels

    Selections from Parson Brownlow's Book

    Edited by Stephen V. Ash ...
    "Readers will find Brownlow unique, above all, but as entertaining as he is sometimes thrillingly loathsome, full of great energy and rhetorical skill and rambunctiousness in the tradition of the tall tale vernacular writers of the time." -- David Madden, Director of the United States Civil War CenterEast Tennessee newspaper editor and Methodist preacher William G. "Parson" Brownlow, a man of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Black Experience in the Civil War South

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    Series series Reflections on the Civil War Era
    The first book of its kind to appear in a generation, this comprehensive study details the experiences of the black men, women, and children who lived in the South during the traumatic time of secession and civil war.The Black Experience in the Civil War South is the first comprehensive study of the Southern black wartime experience to appear in a generation. Incorporating the most recent ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Firebrand of Liberty

    The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War

    by Stephen V. Ash ...
    A nearly forgotten Civil War episode is restored to history in this masterful account.In March 1863, nine hundred black Union soldiers, led by white officers, invaded Florida and seized the town of Jacksonville. They were among the first African American troops in the Northern army, and their expedition into enemy territory was like no other in the Civil War. It was intended as an assault on ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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