Chickasaw, a Mississippi Scout for the Union: The Civil War Memoir of Levi H. Naron, as Recounted by R. W. Surby Contributor(s): Cockrell, Thomas D. (Editor), Ballard, Michael B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807131016 ISBN-13: 9780807131015 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Dictated in 1865, when his memory of events was still fresh--as was his passion--Levi Holloway Naron's memoir offers a rare and remarkably vivid first-hand account of a southerner loyal to the Union, operating behind Confederate lines. A well-to-do planter and large slave owner in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Naron had been driven from his home by his fellow Mississippians at the outbreak of the war because of his agitation against the Confederacy. As the Federal scout, spy, and raider "Chickasaw, ' active primarily in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, he proved invaluable to Union commanders in the West--including William T. Sherman, William Rosecrans, John Pope, Grenville Dodge, and Benjamin Grierson, among others. Naron stood before Rebel commanders as well-Sterling Price, James Chalmers, and John C. Breckinridge--having bedeviled their security forces and intelligence agents. In these pages, he tells how he maneuvered under their noses, burning bridges and railcars full of supplies intended for Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood, recruiting for the Union while clad in a Confederate uniform, chasing down Union deserters and Rebel spies, and, for diversion, suppressing guerrillas and bushwhackers. This long-forgotten historical document, newly edited and annotated, provides indispensable information about Confederate as well as Union espionage and counter-espionage activity. Naron's adventures as "Chickasaw" illuminate this clandestine war in the West. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2005005429 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.46" W x 8.26" (0.67 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
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Publisher Description: A well-to-do planter and slave owner in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Levi Holloway Naron was an unlikely supporter of the Union. And yet, at the outbreak of war in 1861, his agitation against the Confederacy so outraged his fellow Mississippians that they drove him from his home. Bent on retaliation, Naron headed North, contacted the Union army, and was ushered into the presence of General William T. Sherman, who quickly saw the possibilities for employing such a man. Thus began Levi Naron's career as Chickasaw, Federal scout, spy, and raider. |