TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kionka,T.K.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Key command: Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo 
T2  - Shades of blue and gray series
AV  - F549.C2 K56 2006
U1  - 977.3/03 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Grant, Ulysses S.
KW  - Cairo (Ill.)
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Illinois
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - United States
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index; Company town -- South Illinois -- Ready for the scratch -- This awful sickly place -- Lively times in Cairo -- Mischief -- Comfort for our boys -- Night and day and Sunday : the Navy -- A brave set of men -- Nothing of importance -- The Cairo ring -- Necessary goods -- Gone up the river -- Burden of war -- Illumination; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3570902
ER  -