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Title A South Carolina upcountry saga : the Civil War letters of Barham Bobo Foster and his family, 1860-1863 / edited by A. Gibert Kennedy
Published Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2019]

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Contents Cover; A South Carolina Upcountry Saga; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Letter Sources; Methodology; Genealogy; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Secession; CHAPTER 2 No Prospect of a Fight; CHAPTER 3 Bull Run: "We soon saw the Elephant"; CHAPTER 4 The Elephant Hides; CHAPTER 5 Winter Quarters; CHAPTER 6 The Peninsula: The Elephant Returns; CHAPTER 7 Maryland Campaign: The Third Sight of the Elephant; CHAPTER 8 Marye's House: Last Sight of the Elephant; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary Collected letters of a Confederate officer and his family detail daily life and loss on the battlefield
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Foster, Barham Bobo, 1817-1897 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Foster, Barham Bobo, 1817-1897 -- Correspondence
Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125569
Subject South Carolina
United States
Genre/Form History
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Kennedy, A. Gibert, editor
ISBN 9781643360225
1643360221