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Title
Key command
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Kionka, T. K., 1948- (Contributor)
Subject
Cairo (Ill.)--History, Military--19th century. (LCSH)
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Headquarters--Illinois--Cairo. (LCSH)
Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (LCSH)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Maps
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
United States
Classification
LCC: F549.C2 K56 2006
DDC: 977.3/03 full
Could not render: bf:status
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Company town
South Illinois
Ready for the scratch
This awful sickly place
Lively times in Cairo
Mischief
Comfort for our boys
Night and day and Sunday : the Navy
A brave set of men
Nothing of importance
The Cairo ring
Necessary goods
Gone up the river
Burden of war
Illumination.
Authorized Access Point
Kionka, T. K., 1948- Key command
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Description Conventions: Anglo-American cataloguing rules
Identified By: bf:Local, 14268193
Change Date: 2006-09-21T18:00:37
Creation Date: 2006-02-16
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
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