Jo Shelby: reluctant guerrillaShow full item record
Title | Jo Shelby: reluctant guerrilla |
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Author | Cothrum, Dallas Lee |
Date | 1999 |
Genre | Dissertation |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
Abstract | This biography examines the controversial life of Confederate General Joseph Orville Shelby. Included is a discussion of his privileged background among the plantation elite of Missouri. Differing from his family, he zealously defended slavery based on self-interest and participated in the Border Wars, learning the skills of the irregular raider. In 1861 he rejected a position in the U.S. Army and volunteered his services to the Confederacy. Shelby rose from a captain of volunteers to a general commanding a division of cavalry. In 1863 he won renown by traveling into Union controlled Missouri with 800 men. Using guerrilla tactics, the Confederates covered 1,500 miles in thirty-six days, all while eluding 50,000 Union soldiers and creating turmoil for the enemy. Following the war, he opted for exile in Mexico. After a series of hardships, he returned to Missouri and took an active part in the New South, serving as a U.S. marshal until his death in 1897. |
Link | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/33639 |
Department | History |
Advisor | McWhiney, Grady |
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- Doctoral Dissertations [1487]
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