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Hidden history of Civil War Oregon / Randol B. Fletcher.

Summary:

Drawing from articles he wrote for Oregon Magazine, Fletcher narrates the military stories of Oregon residents who volunteered for either side of the Civil War and prominent veterans who moved to Oregon after the war. The book deserves consideration by all Oregon high school and public libraries, as it includes a particularly interesting story revealing why and where Virgil Earp is buried in the Rose City. B&w photos are provided but no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Record details

  • ISBN: 1609494245
  • ISBN: 9781609494247
  • Physical Description: 142 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142).
Formatted Contents Note:
Guarding the homefront : Oregon Civil War regiments -- The hunt for John Wilkes Booth : two Portland men who chased down the assassin -- Blast upon your bugle : an Oregon senator makes the ultimate sacrifice -- Before the O.K. Corral : how the Civil War brought Virgil Earp to Portland -- The professors in Pickett's Charge : pioneers of Oregon higher education fought at Gettysburg -- The minister and the general : former foes reunited in Corvallis -- A forgotten hero : a Medal of Honor grave goes unmarked -- From plantation to pulpit : former slave becomes Portland minister -- Oregon's Confederate engineer : father of Portland's water system -- A forlorn hope : Vicksburg charge earns Medal of Honor -- Storming the ramparts : Oregonians display courage in North Carolina -- A Quaker Civil War hero : buried on a mountaintop in Agness, Oregon -- Son of the prophet : John Brown's last son dies in Portland -- Angels of the battlefield : Oregon women who served as Civil War nurses -- The last Oregon Confederate : he rode with Cole Younger and Frank James -- Oregon's last Union veterans : one was famous, the other was not -- Appendix: A few good men : more noteworthy Oregon Civil War veterans.
Subject: Oregon > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
Oregon > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Oregon > History, Local.
Oregon > Biography
Portland (Or.) > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > History
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography

Available copies

  • 13 of 15 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 15 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Athena Public Library 979.5 FLE (Text) 37813000183007 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Columbia Gorge Community College Library REGIONAL HISTORY FLETC 2011 (Text) 33892002442458 Main Collection Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 979.504 F614 (Text) 35178001426157 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Echo Public Library PB 979.5 Fletch (Text) 37826000170188 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Grant County Library 979.5 Fletcher (Text) 37845000619119 Northwest/Oregon Room Available -
Helix Public Library A 979.5 FLE (Text) 37835000105508 Oregon/Pacific Northwest Available -
Hermiston Public Library 979.5041 FLE (Text) 37838000578773 Carnegie Building Available -
Milton-Freewater Public Library 979.5 Fletc (Text) 37862000515114 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
OTLD Irrigon Branch NW 979.5 FLE (Text) 37818000183063 Oregon Collection In transit -
Ontario Community Library OR. 979.504 FLETC (Text) 33330004576312 Oregon Collection Reference In process -

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