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04334aam a22004458i 4500 001 835F00D4FB5411E7891C5F6197128E48 003 SILO 005 20180117010240 008 160425s2017 lauabch b s001 0deng 010 $a 2016005787 020 $a 0807163589 020 $a 9780807163580 035 $a (OCoLC)945357149 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d YDX $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usp-- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-usp $a n-usp-- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-usp 050 00 $a E540.I3 $b E44 2016 082 00 $a 973.7089/97 $2 23 100 1 $a Ellithorpe, A. C. $q (Albert Chapman), $d 1824-1907, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010135493 245 10 $a Albert C. Ellithorpe, the First Indian Home Guards, and the Civil War on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier / $c edited by M. Jane Johansson. 263 $a 1701 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xix, 231 pages : $b illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a "The Civil War experiences of Albert C. Ellithorpe, a Caucasian Union Army officer commanding the tri-racial First Indian Home Guards, illuminate remarkable and understudied facets of campaigning west of the Mississippi River. Major Ellithorpe's unit--comprised primarily of refugee Muscogee Creek and Seminole Indians and African Americans who served as interpreters--fought principally in Arkansas and Indian Territory, isolated from the larger currents of the Civil War. Using Ellithorpe's journal and his series of Chicago Evening Journal articles as her main sources, M. Jane Johansson unravels this exceptional account, providing one of the fullest examinations available on a mixed race Union regiment serving in the border region of the West. Ellithorpe's insightful observations on Indians and civilians as well as the war in the trans-Mississippi theater provide a rare glimpse into a largely forgotten aspect of the conflict. He wrote extensively about the role of Indian troops, who served primarily as scouts and skirmishers, and on the nature of guerrilla warfare in the West. Ellithorpe also exposed internal problems in his regiment; some of his most dramatic entries concern his own charges against Caucasian officers, one of whom allegedly stole money from the unit's African American interpreters. Compiled here for the first time, Ellithorpe's commentary on the war adds a new chapter to our understanding of America's most complicated and tragic conflict"--From publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-221) and index. 505 00 $a Life before military service, 1824-1862 -- The Indian expedition, July 1862 -- Bushwhacking in Arkansas, August-November 1862 -- The Prairie Grove campaign, November-December 1862 -- Regimental turmoil, December 1862-January 1863 -- Guerrilla warfare, January-March 1863 -- Closing war scenes, April 1863-October 1864 -- Life after the war -- Appendix : articles published in the Chicago Evening Journal. 600 10 $a Ellithorpe, A. C. $q (Albert Chapman), $d 1824-1907 $v Diaries. 610 10 $a United States. $b Indian Home Guards. $b Indian Home Guards. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001106552 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x Officers $v Diaries. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, Indian. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Participation, Indian. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x Regimental histories. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Regimental histories. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Personal narratives. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. 651 0 $a United States $x Regimental histories. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Regimental histories. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Personal narratives. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261 651 0 $a United States $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216 700 1 $a Johansson, M. Jane, $d 1963- $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98004023 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213023405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=835F00D4FB5411E7891C5F6197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search