Kentuckian in blue
Subtitle: a biography of Major General Lovell Harrison Rousseau
By: by Dan Lee.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786448180
Subjects: Rousseau, Lovell Harrison, -- 1818-1869; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Soldiers -- Kentucky -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Genres: Biography
Description: "Lovell Harrison Rousseau was a distinguished Union general in the Civil War. Rousseau served as a state legislator in Indiana and Kentucky before the war. After the war, Rousseau served as a congressman before returning to the service in 1867 as a brigadier general. This biography covers Rousseau's childhood challenges, varied career, and ambiguous attitude toward blacks"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From a boy to a man in Kentucky; title: A new home in Indiana; title: Captain Rousseau in Mexico; title: Louisville and the know-nothing riots; title: Kentucky's secession crisis of 1861; title: Camp Nevin and the federal advance in Kentucky; title: The battle of Shiloh; title: The Corinth campaign; title: Following General Bragg to Kentucky; title: The battle of Perryville; title: The battle of Stones River; title: The Tullahoma campaign; title: Chickamauga and Chattanooga; title: The great Alabama raid; title: The defense of Middle Tennessee; title: Nashville and the end of the war; title: In and out of the House of Representatives; title: Rousseau and an American Alaska; title: The Department of Louisiana.