A Mississippi Rebel In The Army Of Northern Virginia
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Author |
: David Holt |
Publisher |
: Lsu Press |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807119814 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807119815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia by : David Holt
David Eldred Holt was born in 1843, the eighth child of a wealthy plantation family in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Eighteen years later, after his state seceded from the Union, he enlisted in Company K of the 16th Mississippi Regiment and was soon on his way to the northern Virginia theater, where he served throughout the Civil War. Late in his life, at a time when many former soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were reliving their memories of that event, Holt penned this memoir, recounting the idyllic life of an affluent southern boy before the war and the exhilarating, sometimes humorous, and frequently terrifying experiences of a common soldier during the war. Although Holt's antebellum observations are enlightening, he is at his best when describing his wartime experiences. Holt saw action in most of the major campaigns and battles of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, and his battle descriptions rank among the most graphic, dramatic, and poignant accounts written by any participant in the war. He was gifted with the ability to record the salient details of any situation, to penetrate the confusion of battle and see the human emotions behind the faces of anonymous combatants.
Author |
: David Holt |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1302140974 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia by : David Holt
Born the eighth child in a wealthy Mississippi plantation family in 1843, David Eldred Holt joined Company K of the 16th Mississippi Regiment in 1861 and served in the Virginia theater throughout the Civil War. Late in his life, at a time when many former soldiers, both Union and Confederate, were reliving their memories of that event, Holt penned this memoir, recounting the idyllic life of an affluent southern boy before the war and the exhilarating, sometimes humorous, often terrifying experiences of a common soldier in camp and battle.
Author |
: Thomas D. Cockrell |
Publisher |
: LSU Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2001-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807127345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807127346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia by : Thomas D. Cockrell
Born the eighth child in a wealthy Mississippi plantation family in 1843, David Eldred Holt joined Company K of the 16th Mississippi Regiment in 1861 and served in the Eastern theater throughout the Civil War. Late in his life, at a time when many former soldiers, both Union and Confederate, were reliving their memories of that event, Holt penned this memoir, recounting the idyllic life of an affluent southern boy before the war and the exhilarating, sometimes humorous, often terrifying experiences of a common soldier in camp and in battle. This new edition has been expanded to include Holt's never-before-published diary entries from the last year of the war.
Author |
: Robert J. Cottrol |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 2013-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820344768 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820344761 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Long, Lingering Shadow by : Robert J. Cottrol
Students of American history know of the law’s critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and Afro-Latin invisibility in the Spanish-speaking nations of the hemisphere. Ranging across such topics as slavery, emancipation, scientific racism, immigration policies, racial classifications, and legal processes, Cottrol unravels a complex odyssey. By the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. slave system was rooted in a legal and cultural foundation of racial exclusion unmatched in the Western Hemisphere. That system’s legacy was later echoed in Jim Crow, the practice of legally mandated segregation. Jim Crow in turn caused leading Latin Americans to regard their nations as models of racial equality because their laws did not mandate racial discrimination— a belief that masked very real patterns of racism throughout the Americas. And yet, Cottrol says, if the United States has had a history of more-rigid racial exclusion, since the Second World War it has also had a more thorough civil rights revolution, with significant legal victories over racial discrimination. Cottrol explores this remarkable transformation and shows how it is now inspiring civil rights activists throughout the Americas.
Author |
: Gary W. Gallagher |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2010-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807898376 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807898376 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spotsylvania Campaign by : Gary W. Gallagher
The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this volume explore questions regarding high command, tactics and strategy, the impact of continuous fighting on officers and soldiers in both armies, and the ways in which some participants chose to remember and interpret the campaign. They offer insight into the decisions and behavior of Lee and of Federal army leaders, the fullest descriptions to date of the horrific fighting at the "Bloody Angle" on May 12, and a revealing look at how Grant used his memoirs to counter Lost Cause interpretations of his actions at Spotsylvania and elsewhere in the Overland Campaign. The contributors are William A. Blair, Peter S. Carmichael, Gary W. Gallagher, Robert E. L. Krick, Robert K. Krick, William D. Matter, Carol Reardon, and Gordon C. Rhea.
Author |
: Wayland Fuller Dunaway |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 1913 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B310607 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reminiscences of a Rebel by : Wayland Fuller Dunaway
Author |
: Richard M. McMurry |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2014-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469616124 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469616122 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Two Great Rebel Armies by : Richard M. McMurry
Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command. "Sheds new light on how the South lost the Civil War.--American Historical Review "McMurry's mastery of the literature is impressive, and his clear and succinct writing style is a pleasure to read. . . . Comparison of the two great rebel armies offers valuable insights into the difficulties of the South's military situation.--Maryland Historian
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: LSU Press |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807140678 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807140673 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Crisis in Confederate Command by :
Author |
: Joseph Glatthaar |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 626 |
Release |
: 2009-03-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416596974 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416596976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis General Lee's Army by : Joseph Glatthaar
A history of the Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee presents portraits of soldiers from all walks of life, offers insight into how the Confederacy conducted key operations, and reveals how closely the South came to winning the war.
Author |
: Jack Holman |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 2007-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781425744380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1425744389 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ride With A Rebel by : Jack Holman
RIDE WITH A REBEL shows the readers the reality of men's lives who fought on both sides of the Civil War (The War Between the States). Jack Holman fought the enemy in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters during World War II. He understands "The horrors of this war," about which Lieutenant Jesse Sparkman wrote in his diary. Jack, with his wife, Mildred (Miekie), and her mother, Sallie Doris Killebrew, devoted a few summers visiting most of the battlefields on which Jesse fought to preserve the Confederacy, and thus become a REBEL. They visited all of these interesting battlefields: Manassas, Brandy Station, Culpeper, Gettvsburg, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Sharpsburg, Appomattox, Shennadoah Valley, and many other national battlefields mentioned in the diary. They realized the agony their Lt. Sparkman experienced on horseback and foot. It certainly made them appreciate all that he accomplished in all types of weather as he fought with the best equipment available at the time. Jesse was elected Lieutenant by his fellow soldiers. Later, he was appointed acting Major with all his duties assigned by his superiors. He was alone scouting the country-side for the enemy, and often found them. He reported back to the headquarters to prepare attacks. This was often the situation where they would win battles, but lose the war. Because he had a good horse, Jesse was selected to ride with the flag of truce at the surrender. On 28, April, 1865, General Johnston surrendered his army eight miles from Hillsborough, North Carolina, on the Raleigh Road. Lieutenant Sparkman arrived in Greensboro at the company shops the next day. General Hampton made a speech to them, telling about their deportment as soldiers during the past four years. He recited to them the glories in bygone days