
Confederate Guerrilla
The Civil War Memoir of Joseph M. Bailey
Joseph M. Bailey(Author)
T.Lindsay Baker(Editor)
University of Arkansas Press
Will be published approx. on 31. May 2007
Book
Hardback
157 pages
978-1-55728-838-7 (ISBN)
Description
Recounted by an ordinary Confederate soldier turned Southern guerrilla, Joseph M. Bailey's memoir, ""Confederate Guerrilla"", provides a unique perspective on the fighting that took place behind Union lines in Federal-occupied northwest Arkansas during the American Civil War. Bailey's story - now published for the first time - will appeal to modern readers' interest in the grassroots history of the Trans-Mississippi war. He participated in such engagements as the Battle of Pea Ridge and the siege of Port Hudson and, at the Port Hudson surrender, escaped to northwest Arkansas where he fought as a guerrilla against Federal troops and civilian unionists. After Federal forces gained control of the area, Bailey rejoined the Confederate army and continued in regular service in northeast Texas until the end of the war. Historians will find the descriptions of military campaigns useful and Bailey's observations on the causes and nature of the guerrilla war especially valuable. According to Bailey, Southern guerrillas were motivated less by a sense of loyalty to either the Confederate or Union side than by a determination to protect their families and neighbors from the ""Mountain Federals"" of northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri. This partisan war waged between the rebel guerrillas and Southern unionists was essentially, as Bailey puts it, a ""struggle for supremacy and revenge."" Comprehensive annotations are provided by editor T. Lindsay Baker, who has verified the facts relating to almost every person, incident, and location mentioned by Bailey. The clarity and reliability of Bailey's recollections are even more remarkable considering that he wrote the memoir during his late seventies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Fayetteville
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
3 photographs, 1 illustration, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55728-838-7 (9781557288387)
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University of Arkansas Press
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Persons
T. Lindsay Baker is the W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas Industrial History and the director of the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas, Tarleton State University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including the award-winning Lighthouses of Texas and the forthcoming American Windmills: An Album of Historic Photographs.