Destruction and Reconstruction
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Destruction and Reconstruction is a classic Civil War memoir by Confederate General Richard Taylor, offering detailed firsthand accounts of military campaigns and the collapse of the Confederacy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Destruction and Reconstruction canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Civil War memoir
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book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| aboutEvent |
Red River Campaign of 1864
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campaigns in Louisiana and Mississippi ⓘ surrender of Confederate forces ⓘ |
| aboutPerson |
Confederate political leaders
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Jefferson Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonewall Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Richard Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
Confederate military strategy
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Red River Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Mississippi Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ collapse of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| documents |
Confederate military operations
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conditions during the final months of the war ⓘ political tensions within the Confederacy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Confederate high command
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operations in the Trans-Mississippi Department ⓘ operations in the Western Theater ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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military history ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
Confederate insider viewpoint
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detailed firsthand accounts of campaigns ⓘ retrospective justification of Confederate actions ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic Civil War memoir ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective | Confederate ⓘ |
| historicalValue | primary source on Confederate perspective ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in Civil War history
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scholars of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Civil War
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Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate military campaigns ⓘ Louisiana in the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
end of Confederate government
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military campaigns of Richard Taylor ⓘ social conditions in the Confederacy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | military service of Richard Taylor ⓘ |
| setting |
American South
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Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia battlefields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | American Civil War (1861–1865) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | source by Civil War historians ⓘ |
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