{"product_id":"tried-men-and-true-or-union-life-in-dixie-paperback-softback-9780817362256","title":"Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817362256","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Jefferson Cypert (Author), Margaret M. Storey (Edited by), Margaret M. Storey (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817362256, The University of Alabama Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w figures - 1 map - 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Reminiscences by Southern unionists involved in anti-guerrilla warfare are rare. \u003ci\u003eTried Men and True\u003c\/i\u003e is significant primarily because of the quality of its accounts of military operations. It deals with recruiting, combat strategies, patrolling, mistreatment of prisoners, and civilian life in the guerrilla zone. The Southern white author's racial egalitarian views and the capture\/escape account are especially unusual. It is extremely engaging.”--John V. Cimprich, author \u003ci\u003eof Slavery's End in Tennessee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Pillow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, A Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Tried Men and True\u003c\/i\u003e offers valuable information about Unionists in Tennessee, which places Cypert's account within a growing literature on dissent in the Confederacy. Readers will find a great deal of anecdotal testimony about the travails of Unionists-and the perfidy of Rebels-all recounted in a colorful style.”--Gary W. Gallagher, author of\u003ci\u003e The Confederate War, Lee and His Generals in War and Memory,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Union War\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\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie\u003c\/i\u003e is the memoir of a Union supporter in south-central Tennessee. In it, he chronicles in vivid and emotional detail the local tensions between Unionists and Confederates during the Civil War South and offers a rare first-person account of the guerrilla war that devastated Western Tennessee. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Thomas Jefferson Cypert (1827-1918) was a staunch Union man of Wayne County, Tennessee. In 1863, he helped organize the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry, a regiment of loyalist Southerners enlisted to combat Confederate cavalry in West Tennessee and Northern Alabama. \u003ci\u003eTried Men and True\u003c\/i\u003e is Cypert’s memoir of his time as Captain of Company A, including his capture by Confederate cavalry and subsequent daring escape, in which he was aided by local Union sympathizers and slaves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e After the Civil War, Cypert served two terms in the Tennessee State Senate, one of them during the heated first years of Reconstruction, when Tennessee disenfranchised former rebels and attempted to establish Unionist Republican rule in the state. Cypert clearly wrote his memoir to defend Unionism, condemn secession and rebellion, and support loyalists’ claims for post-war power through an account of their wartime sacrifices. Never before published, the manuscript has been preserved in nearly perfect condition by Cypert’s descendants over the generations. This book is a remarkable and engagingly written account of resistance to the Confederacy by a group of southwestern Tennessee loyalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574448320792,"sku":"9780817362256","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tried-men-and-true-or-union-life-in-dixie-paperback-softback-9780817362256","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}