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A Thrilling Narrative: The Memoir of a Southern Unionist (The Civil War in the West)
Dennis E. Haynes
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Description for A Thrilling Narrative: The Memoir of a Southern Unionist (The Civil War in the West)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bergeron, Arthur W, Jr (Pamplin Historical Park). Series: Civil War in the West. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Civil War in the West
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288110
SKU
V9781557288110
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About Dennis E. Haynes
Dennis E. Haynes organized a company of Southern Unionists in the spring of 1863. His narrative begins when he is appointed captain of this, the First Louisiana Battalion Cavalry Scouts. Following a distinguished civilian career as a district attorney and surveyor in New Orleans, Haynes disappears completely from public record in 1873.
Reviews for A Thrilling Narrative: The Memoir of a Southern Unionist (The Civil War in the West)
This meticulously edited edition of a rare southern Unionist's account will be welcomed by anyone interested in the trans-Mississippi theater or dissent during the Civil War. . . . Readers seeking insights into the social, military, and political underside of the Confederate experience will turn to this book with profit." —Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Confederate War "[Haynes's] ... Read more