Alabamians in Blue - Freedmen, Unionists, and the Civil War in the Cotton State

"Alabamians in Blue is a well researched and revealing study white and black enlistees in Union army regiments. Christopher Rein presents a complex story on a large canvass but with fine detail that reveals the importance of environmental factors, social divisions, racial ideology, and soldier motivation in understanding how the American Civil War unfolded on the ground. This creatively conceived book offers a compelling account of ordinary people buffeted by the cruel winds of war." --George C. Rable, University of Alabama, Emeritus, and author of Damn Yankees! Demonization and the Defiance in the Confederate South

About the author

Historian at the United States Army's Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Christopher M. Rein is the author of The North African Air Campaign: U.S. Army Air Forces from El Alamein to Salerno.

Summary

Offers an in-depth examination of Alabama's black and white Union soldiers and their contributions to the eventual success of the Union army. Christopher Rein contends that the state's anti-Confederate residents tendered an important service to the North, primarily by collecting intelligence and protecting logistical infrastructure.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M Rein, Christopher M. Rein, Christopher M./ Parrish Rein
• Assisted by: T Michael Parrish (Editor), T. Michael Parrish (Editor)
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780807170663
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-7066-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimens; Conflicting Worlds: New Dimens; Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous