Civil Warfare Flags of Tennessee

Civil Warfare Flags of Tennessee gives info on all recognized Accomplice and Union flags of the state and showcases the Civil Warfare flag assortment of the Tennessee State Museum. This quantity is organized into three elements. Half 1 consists of interpretive essays by students resembling Greg Biggs, Robert B. Bradley, Howard Michael Madaus, and Fonda Ghiardi Thomsen that handle how flags have been used within the Civil Warfare, their normal historical past, their makers, and preservation points, amongst different themes. Half 2 is a list of Tennessee Accomplice flags. Half 3 is a list of Tennessee Union flags. The catalogues current a group of some 200 recognized, extant Civil Warfare flags and one other 300 flags which are recognized by way of secondary and archival sources, all of that are exhaustively documented. Appendices comply with the 2 catalogue sections and embody detailed info on a number of Accomplice and Union flags related to the states of Mississippi, North Carolina, and Indiana which are additionally contained within the Tennessee State Museum assortment.

Full with practically 300 colour illustrations and meticulous notes on textiles and preservation efforts, this quantity is way more than an encyclopedic log of Tennessee-related Civil Warfare flags. Stephen Cox and his workforce additionally weave the historical past behind the flags all through the catalogues, together with the tales of the ladies who stitched them, the regiments that bore them, and the troopers and bearers who served underneath them and carried them. Civil Warfare Flags of Tennessee is an eloquent hybrid between guidebook and chronicle, and the scholar, the Civil Warfare fanatic, and the final reader will all take pleasure in what could be present in its pages.

Unprecedented in its selection and depth, Cox’s work fills an necessary historiographical void throughout the larger context of the American Civil Warfare. This textual content demonstrates the significance of Tennessee state heritage and the worth of public historical past, reminding readers that every technology has the dignity and accountability of studying from and preserving the historical past that has formed us all—and in doing so, honoring the lives of the troopers and civilians who sacrificed and persevered.