In this Book
- A Thrilling Narrative: The Memoir of a Southern Unionist
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
This Civil War memoir of Capt. Dennis E. Haynes is both unique and rare. Not only did few southern unionists write of their experiences after the war, Haynes’s is the only publication by a Louisiana unionist. Furthermore, it is the only account by a member of the First Louisiana Battalion Cavalry Scouts, a unit that existed for less than three months and saw its only real action during the Red River Campaign of 1864. Haynes’s memoir is a historic collection of his wartime experiences as a unionist in the Confederate South. Among his writings, Haynes describes how he opposed the secession of Texas and thus became a hunted man. He also tells of his harrowing odyssey to reach Union troops in Louisiana. Every step of the way, Haynes provides details, sometimes graphic, of the harassment and cruelty he and many others like him suffered at the hands of his Confederate neighbors.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Series Editor's Preface
- pp. vii-x
- Editor's Introduction
- pp. xv-xxiv
- Introduction
- pp. 3-4
- CHAPTER 10
- pp. 81-86
- APPENDICES
- Correspondence
- pp. 87-106
- "The Reconstruction of States."
- pp. 107-114
- "Emigration to the Southern States."
- pp. 115-122
- Bibliography
- pp. 159-164
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610754262
Related ISBN(s)
9781557288110
MARC Record
OCLC
966825506
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No