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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06189 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels. |
| Date | 1862 |
| Author | Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Secession Union Forces Journalism |
| People | Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) Childs, George William (1829-1894) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Brownlow served as Governor of Tennessee 1865-1869 and United States Senator from Tennessee 1869-1874. He did not oppose slavery, but strongly opposed secession. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |