{"product_id":"the-cherokee-nation-in-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClarissa W. Confer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one questions the horrific impact of the Civil War on America, but few realize its effect on American Indians. Residents of Indian Territory found the war especially devastating. Their homeland was beset not only by regular army operations but also by guerillas and bushwhackers. Complicating the situation even further, Cherokee men fought for the Union as well as the Confederacy and created their own \"brothers' war.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a broad overview of the war as it affected the Cherokees--a social history of a people plunged into crisis. \u003ci\u003eThe Cherokee Nation in the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the Cherokee people, who had only just begun to recover from the ordeal of removal, faced an equally devastating upheaval in the Civil War. Clarissa W. Confer illustrates how the Cherokee Nation, with its sovereign status and distinct culture, had a wartime experience unlike that of any other group of people--and suffered perhaps the greatest losses of land, population, and sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfer examines decision-making and leadership within the tribe, campaigns and soldiering among participants on both sides, and elements of civilian life and reconstruction. She reveals how a centuries-old culture informed the Cherokees' choices, with influences as varied as matrilineal descent, clan affiliations, economic distribution, and decentralized government combining to distinguish the Native reaction to the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cherokee Nation in the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e recalls a people enduring years of hardship while also struggling for their future as the white man's war encroached on the physical and political integrity of their nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863030432032,"sku":"9780806142678","price":30.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/AN-64cnbym9780806142678.webp?v=1781637502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cherokee-nation-in-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}