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Confederate Operations In The Jackson Purchase: A History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich
Confederate Operations In The Jackson Purchase: A History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
No abstract provided.
Going-Down Pairs Of Commutative Rings, R. Douglas Chatham
Going-Down Pairs Of Commutative Rings, R. Douglas Chatham
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
No abstract provided.
Homeschooling: An Overview, Deborah Abell
Homeschooling: An Overview, Deborah Abell
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
Even though homeschooling is not a new concept, it was a relatively small movement until 30 years ago. By the late 1990's, there were over a million students being homeschooled in the United States and the numbers seem to be growing quickly. Homeschooling has become a viable alternative to traditional education. No longer a peripheral movement, it now reflects the diversity of American society. Even though homeschooling is receiving increased attention in the popular press, there is a paucity of research on the subject (Knowles, 1988). This study is the first of its kind and reports the results of a …
Defending The Jackson Purchase: The History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich
Defending The Jackson Purchase: The History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
The series of events that led to the creation of Camp Beauregard was initiated on September 3, 1861, as Confederate forces under Brigadier General Gideon Pillow entered Kentucky from Tennessee to secure the riverport cities of Hickman and Columbus. In response, Union forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Ohio River and seized Paducah on September 6. The following day Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk issued orders to organize troops into field brigades in preparation for a Union advance upon Columbus. For the next two weeks both sides began to build earthworks and position artillery to fortify their …
Ten Days At Camp Dent, Dieter C. Ullrich
Ten Days At Camp Dent, Dieter C. Ullrich
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
The experiences of a prisoner detained at Camp Dent, a Union prison camp in Louisville, have been found in the faded pages of a long-forgotten diary. Five years ago, an alumnus of the University of Tennessee at Martin donated two diaries, several letters, and a cracked ambrotype of a relative, Private Van Buren Oldham, who fought in the Civil War. For over one hundred and thirty years the donor's family had kept these records in an old tin box, passing it on from generation to generation. In the spring of 1996 the great-grandson of Private Van Buren Oldham gave these …
The Athlete And Coach: Their Relationship And Its Meaning. Methodological Concerns And Research Process, John J. Peregoy, Artur Poczwardowski, James E. Barrott
The Athlete And Coach: Their Relationship And Its Meaning. Methodological Concerns And Research Process, John J. Peregoy, Artur Poczwardowski, James E. Barrott
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
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Geologic Mapping Of A Region In Extreme Northeastern Minnesota: An Initial Characterization, Eric Jerde
Geologic Mapping Of A Region In Extreme Northeastern Minnesota: An Initial Characterization, Eric Jerde
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
A report submitted by Eric Jerde to the Research and Creative Productions Committee in 2002 on geographic mapping in northern Minnesota.
Gone To Heaven: Agnes Beaumont And The Nonconformist Tradition In Stuart England, Alana Cain Scott
Gone To Heaven: Agnes Beaumont And The Nonconformist Tradition In Stuart England, Alana Cain Scott
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
A report submitted by Alana Scott to the Research and Creative Productions Committee in January of 2002 on the religious persecution experienced by Agnes Beaumont in her hometown of Edworth, Bedfordshire during the 1670s.