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

"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 hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mueller, Doris Land, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]
Series:Missouri heritage readers.
Subjects:
Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, > 1826-1876.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Missouri > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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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.
Physical Description:xi, 121 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826217240 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826217249 (pbk. : alk. paper)