Iowa Confederates in the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 1634991559
- ISBN-13
- 9781634991551
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-30
- Publisher
- America Through Time
- Author
- David Connon
Description
Confederates from Iowa were as unusual as slaves in Dubuque. David Connon shares the intensely human stories of Iowa Confederates in the Civil War. Seventy-six of these men entered the Confederate service. Readers will follow their pre-war, war-time, and post-war experiences, ranging from difficult relationships to disease, imprisonment, desertion, and adventure. More stories illuminate the turbulent Iowa home front, where life was hard for parents of Confederates and for Peace Democrats.
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