{"product_id":"deep-in-the-piney-woods-southeastern-alabama-from-statehood-to-the-civil-war-1800-1865-hardback-9780817319977","title":"Deep in the Piney Woods; Southeastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800–1865 (Hardback) 9780817319977","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeep in the Piney Woods\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSoutheastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800–1865\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTommy Craig Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817319977, The University of Alabama Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 3 black \u0026amp; white figures, 5 maps, 20 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.7 x 2.7 cm, 0.563 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOlder views of the Piney Woods held that the region only half-heartedly supported secession and, once the war began, was characterized by a less than enthusiastic participation on the battlefield, as well as the home front. Brown uses a wealth of primary documentation to make the point that this region demonstrated its loyalty to the cause by, among other things, raising and equipping numerous companies, thereby showing as much enthusiasm as other parts of the state.\"\" - Lonnie A. Burnett, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pen Makes a Good Sword: John Forsyth of the “Mobile Register”\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry Hotze, Confederate Propagandist: Selected Essays on Revolution, Recognition, and Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An outstanding contribution to Alabama history, and a long overdue chronicle of a too-often overlooked region, perhaps painting one of the most complete portraits of any region in the state during the war era.\"\" - Mike Bunn, author of \u003ci\u003eCivil War Eufaula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA chronicle of the Civil War era in one of Alabama's most overlooked and least studied regions.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMuch of Alabama's written history concentrates on the Tennessee Valley, the hill counties, and the Black Belt, while the piney woods of south central and southeastern Alabama, commonly known as the wiregrass region today, is one of the most understudied areas in Alabama history. \u003ci\u003eDeep in the Piney Woods: Southeastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800–1865 \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a comprehensive and long overdue account of a historically rich region of the state, challenging many commonly held assumptions about the area's formation and settlement, economy, politics, race relations, and its role in both the secession of the state and the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eHistorians routinely depict this part of the state as an isolated, economically backward wilderness filled with poor whites who showed little interest in supporting the Confederacy once civil war erupted in 1861. Tommy Craig Brown challenges those traditional interpretations, arguing instead that many white Alabamians in this territory participated in the market economy, supported slavery, favored secession, and supported the Confederate war effort for the bulk of the conflict, sending thousands of soldiers to fight in some of the bloodiest campaigns of the war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This thorough and expansive account of southeastern Alabama's role in the Civil War also discusses its advocacy for state secession in January 1861; the effects of Confederate conscription on the home front; the economic devastation wrought on the area; and the participation of local military companies in key campaigns in both the eastern and western theaters, including Shiloh, the Peninsula Campaign, the Overland Campaign, Atlanta, and Franklin-Nashville. Brown argues that the lasting effects of the war on the region's politics, identity, economy, and culture define it in ways that are still evident today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Wilderness is All Before You”\u003cbr\u003e: Settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. “\u003cbr\u003eOf All the Hardy Sons of Toil”\u003cbr\u003e: Class and Race in the Piney Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. “\u003cbr\u003eLet the Union Stand”\u003cbr\u003e: Piney Woods Politics, 1819–\u003cbr\u003e1845\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. “\u003cbr\u003eDisruption of the Ties Which Bind Us Together”\u003cbr\u003e: The Politics of Secession, 1845–\u003cbr\u003e1861\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. “\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Lights Before Us I Think War is Close at Hand”\u003cbr\u003e: The War Begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. “\u003cbr\u003eI Have No One to Assist Mee on Earth”\u003cbr\u003e: The Piney Woods War, 1862\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. “\u003cbr\u003eI Feel Like We Are Almost Ruined”\u003cbr\u003e: The War Takes Its Toll, 1863–\u003cbr\u003e1865\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570146079000,"sku":"9780817319977","price":28.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/deep-in-the-piney-woods-southeastern-alabama-from-statehood-to-the-civil-war-1800-1865-hardback-9780817319977","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}