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Author Nicely, Maury, author.

Title Forging a new South : the life of General John T. Wilder / Maury Nicely
Edition First edition
Published Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 535 pages) : illustrations
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part 1. Old Northwest to Old South -- Part 2. Old South to New South -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "John T. Wilder was an entrepreneur, Civil War general, and business leader who would become influential in the development of post-Civil War Chattanooga. A northern transplant who made his early fortune in the iron industry, Wilder would gain notoriety in the Western Theater through his victories at the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and throughout the Tullahoma and Atlanta Campaigns while leading the famous "Lightning Brigade." After the Civil War, he relocated to Chattanooga and began the Roane Iron Company and fostered southern ironworks throughout the southeast. He was elected mayor of Chattanooga but would fail to be elected to Congress as its representative. Finally, he was instrumental in the establishment of national military parks in Chattanooga and Chickamauga. Nicely's biography captures the life of a man important to the overall development of Chattanooga and East Tennessee and argues that Wilder was influential in bringing both northern and immigrant populations to the area"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2023)
Subject Wilder, John Thomas, 1830-1917.
SUBJECT Wilder, John Thomas, 1830-1917 fast
Subject United States. Army. Wilder's Brigade.
United States. Army -- Biography.
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
United States. Army. Wilder's Brigade fast
Subject Generals -- United States -- Biography
Businessmen -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga -- Biography
Businessmen
Economic history
Generals
Regimental histories
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
Tennessee -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Chattanooga (Tenn.) -- Biography
Greensburg (Ind.) -- Biography
Subject Indiana -- Greensburg
Tennessee
Tennessee -- Chattanooga
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022056860
ISBN 9781621908012
1621908011
Other Titles Life of General John T. Wilder