"All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell": The Civil War, Race Relations, and the Battle of Poison SpringDogwood trees were in full bloom as Union General Frederick Steele led 8,500 soldiers out of comfortable quarters in Little Rock and into the pine and scrub woodlands of southwest Arkansas. Steele's intended target was Shreveport, Louisiana. He planned to join another Union force coming from Fort Smith, bringing his projected complement to 12,500 troops, and then link with another Federal army in Louisiana. |
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Contents
Introduction | 9 |
White Society and AfricanAmerican Soldiers | 31 |
The Changing Role of Blacks in the Civil War | 59 |
The First Kansas Colored at Honey Springs | 79 |
Who Wrote the Poison Spring Letter? | 99 |
About the Contributors | 139 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | "All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell": The Civil War, Race Relations, and the Battle of Poison Spring |
| Editor | Mark K. Christ |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | august house, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0874837367, 9780874837360 |
| Length | 147 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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