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Find am agreed with the Author, Pleasonton was veru underrated cavalry commander. Both Rosecrans and the West were quite fortunate to have this Commander given the problems for the Union in the Western theatre to the Civil War.

Hello H-CivWar Readers:

Today we feature Robert R. Laven to talk about his book A Burned Land: The Trans-Mississippi in the Civil War, published by McFarland in 2019.

Robert R. Laven is a resident of Creve Coeur, Missouri and a U. S. Army veteran. He is also the author of Major General Philip Kearny: A Soldier and His Time in the American Civil War and The Last Troops of Autumn: A Military History of the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment.

Hello H-CivWar Readers:

Today we continue our conversation with Kenneth H. Wheeler to talk about his new book Modern Cronies: Southern Industrialism from Gold Rush to Convict Labor, 1829-1894, published by the University of Georgia Press in May 2021.

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Hello H-CivWar Readers:

Today we feature Kenneth H. Wheeler to talk about his new book Modern Cronies: Southern Industrialism from Gold Rush to Convict Labor, 1829-1894, published by the University of Georgia Press in May 2021.

Kenneth Wheeler is an Assistant Professor of History at Reinhardt University. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.

Ken, to start, how did you become interested in a set of individuals from North Georgia?