Confederate Arkansas
176 pages, 6 x 9
Paperback
Release Date:30 Dec 1990
ISBN:9780817305222
Confederate Arkansas
The People and Policies of a Frontier State in Wartime
University of Alabama Press
This book fills a long standing gap in state histories dealing with the period of the Civil War in the western frontier that was Arkansas. Based on newspaper articles, legal documents, letters, diaries, reminiscences, songs, and official military reports, Dougan’s account provides a full picture of the political situation just prior to the war, and set the stage for the state’s entry into the war despite the fate that only a third of the population supported secession.
The quality of research is excellent.’
—American Historical Review
Dougan’s study of Confederate Arkansas is a fine volume, worth reading, and deserving of its receipt of the Mrs. Simon Baruch University Award for excellence in Confederate history.’
—Civil War History
