Ted Tunnell: 3 books
Crucible of Reconstruction
War, Radicalism, and Race in Louisiana, 1862--1877
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1984
In late April, 1862, Union warships slipped past the Confederate river forts below New Orleans and blasted the Rebel fleet guarding the city. Advancing overland, General Benjamin F. Butler occupied New Orleans on May Day, and for the duration of the war the Stars and Stripes waved over the Confederacy's...
Edge of the Sword
The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Ted Tunnell's superbly researched biography of Marshall H. Twitchell is a major addition to Reconstruction literature. New England native, Union soldier, Freedmen's Bureau agent, and Louisiana planter, Twitchell became the radical political boss of Red River Parish in the 1870s. He forged an economic...
by Richard J. Sommers, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Ted Tunnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the...