Mississippi in the Civil War
Subtitle: the home front
By: Timothy B. Smith.
Contributors: Mississippi Historical Society.; Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History.
Series: Heritage of Mississippi series -- v. 4
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi for the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604734294
Subjects: Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "My beloved Mississippi is being overrun"; title: pt. 1. The state in military conflict; title: "Then go down into Egypt while Herod reigns in Judea"; title: "The struggle is now for her existence as a state"; title: "The arms and military property of the state"; title: "A swath of desolation"; title: "Patriotism enough to bear such a tax as this"; title: pt. 2. The people in social conflict; title: "If Lincoln should continue to work at the mote in our   eye"; title: "Her people are drifting to the Yankees"; title: "Tears on many a dark cheek"; title: "I have borne it all very cheerfully, so far"; title: "Our poor country is getting into a deplorable condition."