Eyewitness Civil War testimony from a major American writer This facsimile edition of Albion W. Tourgée’s regimental history of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was first published in 1896. Tourgée; a lawyer and outspoken abolitionist from Williamsfield; Ohio; is best known for his semi-fictional novels about the reconstruction of the South following the Civil War; A Fool’s Errand and Bricks Without Straw. Both critically acclaimed best sellers; the novels catapulted Tourgée and his relentless efforts to secure equality for African Americans into the national spotlight. The Story of a Thousand also received a warm reception upon its publication; although it never achieved the level of recognition as his other works. Written at the behest of his former comrades in the 105th Ohio; The Story of a Thousand draws on Tourgée’s own wartime papers; as well as diaries; letters; and recollections of other veterans; to detail the remarkable story of the regiment during its campaigns in Tennessee; Kentucky; Georgia; and Sherman’s March to the Sea. Tourgée concentrates on the lives and experiences of the enlisted soldiers; describing the backgrounds of the men and how they rallied around the Union flag as citizen soldiers and also on discussions about the role of slavery as the impetus of the war. Tourgée’s concern for the common soldier prefigures the scholarship of twentieth-century historians; such as Bell Irvin Wiley; who devoted attention to the men in the ranks rather than the generals and politicians in charge. Historian Peter Luebke revives Albion W. Tourgée’s lost testimony of the war in this new edition of The Story of a Thousand. He includes an index and a scholarly introduction that draws on extensive research to describe the writing; production; and reception of the book. Luebke also places the work in the context of recent Civil War scholarship. The inclusion of famed illustrator Frederic Remington’s engravings; which accompanied the book’s excerpts appearing in The Cosmopolitan magazine in 1894 and 1895; also enhances the text. Scholars; students; and enthusiasts of the Civil War and Ohio history are sure to enjoy this military account by one of Reconstruction’s harshest and most articulate critics.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. What happens when you mix Scottish and Indian bloodBy Roy DanielsWright gives great insight into two of the families that effected the Creek Indians. He traces the two families to their Scottish ancestors while giving insight into the events prior to Creek Indian removal to Oklahoma. An excellent source for understanding the Creek Indians and the United States during the period between the Revolutionary War and their removal.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. definitive work on the McGillivray's in colonial GeorgiaBy T. phillipsThis is the most definitive; detailed source I have found for the McGillivray family of colonial traders and the Creek Indian chief in what is now Alabama. It explodes some myths and sheds new light on the subject and I consider it a must for any serious Alabama or colonial Georgia history student.This is a no non-sense; very detailed study.It gives intimate details on Lochlan and Alexander McGillivray.There are many extant theories on how Lochlan McGillivray found his way to Alabama from Scotland but you will see that Wrights study here is exhaustive and in my opinion accurate as can possibly be. You will see that the McGillivray family was already well established in the Creek trading business by the the time he comes to America and thus the myth of Lochlan being poor and an indentured servant is exploded. The McGillivrays were a prominent family in Scotland and were trading with the Creek Indians in Alabama by 1730 and possibly as early as 1715 as British trading among the Creeks in Alabama dates to 1680 long before the French establish themselves at Mobile.Thus; Lochland comes to the colonies to work for a family business and there is no indication that he was ever poor nor lacked education as he was very industrious and educated.This book shows us that several McGillivrays of the same family were trading out of Charleston; Savannah; Little Tallassee; Augusta; Mobile;and other places.The facts presented are detailed and tedious and it took me several readings and note taking to get it fixed in my own mind! The McGillivray family tree is complicated and some of the conclusions are deduced from the intensive research done by the author. There is also a portion on the cause of death of Alexander McGillvray that is very interesting as this subject is still debated. His family took a position that he was poisoned by the Spanish governors for political reasons.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Detailed and insightful scholarly workBy Miller WrightA must read about the Creek Indians in the American Southeast and their controversial relationship with british traders in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
