Destruction and Reconstruction
Personal Experiences of the Late War
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 1998
274 pages
978-1-4616-6259-4 (ISBN)
Description
This highly literate account by the son of President Zachary Taylor follows the author's Confederate commands in all three major theatres of the war, and provides a unique view of the Reconstruction period. "Taylor possessed literary art that approached the first rank."-Douglas Southall Freeman.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-6259-4 (9781461662594)
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Person
Richard Taylor, the only son of President Zachary Taylor, was born at his father's plantation, Springfield, outside Louisville, Kentucky in 1826. He graduated from Yale in 1845, and spent most of the succeeding years in Mississippi and Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter and earned a reputation as politician, gentleman-scholar and raconteur. A delegate to the Democratic convention in 1860, he worked there to avert the disruption of the Northern and Southern wings.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Author's Preface
- Chapter I: Secession
- Chapter II: First Scenes of the War
- Chapter III: After Manassas
- Chapter IV: Opening of the Peninsular Campaign
- Chapter V: The Valley Campaign
- Chapter VI: "The Seven Days Around Richmond
- Chapter VII: The District of Louisiana
- Chapter VIII: Operations in Louisiana and on the Mississippi
- Chapter IX: Attacked by the Federals-Attempt to Relieve Vicksburg-Capture of Berwick's Bay
- Chapter X: Movement to the Red River-Campaign Against Bank
- Chapter XI: Escape of Banks and Porter
- Chapter XII: East of the Mississippi
- Chapter XIII: Closing Operations of the War-Surrender
- Chapter XIV: Criticisms and Reflections
- Chapter XV: Reconstruction Under Johnson
- Chapter XVI: Reconstruction Under Grant
- Chapter XVII: Conclusion
