Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie

by Thomas Jefferson Cypert

Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie highlights in emotional detail the local tensions between Unionists and Confederates in the Civil War South and offers a rare first-person account of the guerrilla war that devastated Western Tennessee.
Thomas Jefferson Cypert (1827-1918) was a staunch Union man of Wayne County, Tennessee. In 1863, he helped organize the Second Tennessee Mounted Infantry, a regiment of loyalist Southerners enlisted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317503
• ISBN13: 9780817317508
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"