audiobook Different Battles: The Search for a World War Hero by Rody Johnson in History

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Following the war; Gen. Clement Evans enlisted men to write a history of the war from each state's perspective. For Arkansas; Col John M. Harrell wrote this volume detailing the battles which occurred there and the men who served. From the Introduction. Col. John M. Harrell; of Hot Springs; Ark.; has brought to the preparation of the war history of his State memories of four years' service in her defense; and the ripened intellectual powers of a life devoted to the profession of law; in which he yet maintains a high rank. As a staff officer with Generals Holmes and Breckinridge he had opportunities for gaining valuable information regarding the operations which he now describes. As colonel of cavalry; also; and as commander of Cabell's brigade in the latter part of the war; he took a conspicuous part in the campaigns in Arkansas; Missouri; Kansas and Indian Territory. The important military operations in that region; too often neglected in a view of the far-reaching war; are clearly and adequately presented in Colonel Harrell's work.