M. Jeff Thompson Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy

Author/Creator:

Mueller, Doris Land, 1927-

Publication/Creation:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

M. Jeff Thompson Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy / Doris Land Mueller

Series Titles:

Missouri heritage readers
Missouri heritage readers.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Thompson, Meriwether Jeff,1826-1876
Confederate States of America.Army--Biography
Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography
Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Missouri--Biography

Description/Summary

Summary:

"Doris Land Mueller offers an adventurous account of the life of Confederate Army commander Meriwether Jeff Thompson. Thompson's military exploits in the Missouri Bootheel region earned him the nicknamed "Swamp Fox" from Union General Ulysses S. Grant, while his writing earned him the nickname "Poet Laureate of the Marshes"--Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

General Note:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936720196802486

ISBN:

0-8262-6590-1

OCLC Number:

647689853
932325634