M. Jeff Thompson : Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy

M. Jeff Thompson : Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy / Doris Land Mueller.

"Doris Land Mueller offers an adventurous account of the life of Confederate Army commander Meriwether Jeff Thompson. Thompson's military exploits in the Missouri Bootheel region earned him the nicknamed "Swamp Fox" from Union General Ulysses S. Grant, while his writing earned hi...

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Main Author: Mueller, Doris Land, 1927-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Series:Missouri heritage readers.
Subjects:
Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, > 1826-1876.
Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, > 1826-1876
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army
1861-1865
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Generals
Military campaigns
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Missouri > Biography.
Missouri
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • M. Jeff Thompson Missouri's Swamp Fox of the Confederacy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Swamp Fox A Badge of Honor in American History; Chapter Two Thompson's Early Years; Chapter Three Prologue to War; Chapter Four The First Year of the War, 1861; Chapter Five The War Continues, 1862-1863; Chapter Six The Final War Years, 1864-1865; Chapter Seven After the War; Chapter Eight The Man and His Legacy; Epilogue; For Further Reading; Index.

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