Behind bayonets
Subtitle: the Civil War in northern Ohio
By: David Van Tassel, with John Vacha.
Contributors: Vacha, John.; Western Reserve Historical Society.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780873388504
Subjects: Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History, Military -- 19th century.; Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "Cleveland historian David Van Tassel had undertaken the challenge of writing an illustrated history of the Cleveland homefront during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 before completing his manuscript. Historian John Vacha completed the final chapters using notes, lists, and ideas that Van Tassel had gathered, and their efforts are presented in Behind Bayonets."

"Behind Bayonets focuses on Ohio's substantial role in the Civil War. It is perhaps the only work that uses published and unpublished sources written by northeast Ohioans to comment on the causes, course, and purpose of the war. It does not provide an overview of battles, but it does address soldiers' enlistments and early camp experiences, women's experiences, public reactions to emancipation and the general political interest in the war, local business growth during the war, and Lincoln's assassination and the funeral train's stop in Cleveland."

"The authors use moving first-person commentaries and accounts to illustrate and explain these issues and situations. Additionally, the text is illustrated with rare photographs from the Western Reserve Historical Society's archives."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Western Reserve Historical Society."