{"product_id":"deep-in-the-piney-woods-tommy-craig-brown-9780817319977","title":"Deep in the Piney Woods: Southeastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond the backwoods--uncovering the Civil War legacy of Alabama's forgotten frontier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of Alabama's written history concentrates on the Tennessee Valley, the hill counties, and the Black Belt, while the piney woods of south central and southeastern Alabama, commonly known as the wiregrass region today, is one of the most understudied areas in Alabama history. \u003ci\u003eDeep in the Piney Woods: Southeastern Alabama from Statehood to the Civil War, 1800-1865 \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a comprehensive and long overdue account of a historically rich region of the state, challenging many commonly held assumptions about the area's formation and settlement, economy, politics, race relations, and its role in both the secession of the state and the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians routinely depict this part of the state as an isolated, economically backward wilderness filled with poor whites who showed little interest in supporting the Confederacy once civil war erupted in 1861. Tommy Craig Brown challenges those traditional interpretations, arguing instead that many white Alabamians in this territory participated in the market economy, supported slavery, favored secession, and supported the Confederate war effort for the bulk of the conflict, sending thousands of soldiers to fight in some of the bloodiest campaigns of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thorough and expansive account of southeastern Alabama's role in the Civil War also discusses its advocacy for state secession in January 1861; the effects of Confederate conscription on the home front; the economic devastation wrought on the area; and the participation of local military companies in key campaigns in both the eastern and western theaters, including Shiloh, the Peninsula Campaign, the Overland Campaign, Atlanta, and Franklin-Nashville. Brown argues that the lasting effects of the war on the region's politics, identity, economy, and culture define it in ways that are still evident today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tommy Craig Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817319972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817319977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Tommy Craig Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435704299775,"sku":"9780817319977","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d741f41f-f439-40a5-825b-ded77e2ceb9e.jpg?v=1777152146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deep-in-the-piney-woods-tommy-craig-brown-9780817319977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}