Isham G. Harris of Tennessee: Confederate Governor and United States Senator

by Sam Davis Elliott

In 1931, when the Nashville Banner conducted a survey to determine the Greatest Tennesseans to date, the state's Confederate War Governor, Isham G. Harris (1818--1897), ranked tenth on the list, behind such famous Tennesseans as Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. In 1976, however, when the Banner once again conducted the survey, Harris did not appear in even the top twenty-five. The result of fading memories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807134902
• ISBN13: 9780807134900
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"