Albert C. Ellithorpe, the First Indian Home Guards, and the Civil War on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier / edited by M. Jane Johansson.

"The Civil War experiences of Albert C. Ellithorpe, a Caucasian Union Army officer commanding the tri-racial First Indian Home Guards, illuminate remarkable and understudied facets of campaigning west of the Mississippi River. Major Ellithorpe's unit--comprised primarily of refugee Muscogee Creek an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellithorpe, A. C. (Albert Chapman), 1824-1907 (Author)
Other Authors: Johansson, M. Jane, 1963- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Ellithorpe, A. C. > (Albert Chapman), > 1824-1907 > Diaries.
United States. > Army. > Indian Home Guards.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Indian.
United States. > Army > Officers > Diaries.
West (U.S.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
West (U.S.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
West (U.S.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Genre:
Diaries.
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:xix, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Life before military service, 1824-1862
  • 2. The Indian expedition, July 1862
  • 3. Bushwhacking in Arkansas, August-November 1862
  • 4. The Prairie Grove campaign, November-December 1862
  • 5. Regimental Turmoil, December 1862-January 1863
  • 6. Guerrilla warfare, January-March 1863
  • 7. Closing war scenes, April 1863-October 1864
  • 8. Life after the war
  • Appendix: Articles Published in the Chicago Evening Journal .