| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 360 pages) : illustrations |
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Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Bibliographical Sketch; 1. Prewar: 14 June 1860 -- 11 May 1861; 2. Early Months at War: 31 May 1862 -- 17 April 1862; 3. Battles and Marches: 14 June 1862 -- 12 January 1863; 4. Prison and Retreat: 1 March -- 16 July 1863; 5. Home and Sickness: 15 September -- 6 November 1863; 6. "The Lull That Precedes the Storm": 2 January -- 23 April 1864; 7. Cheerfuly into Battle: 4 May -- 30 June 1864; 8. The Fight for Atlanta: 1 July -- 5 November 1864; 9. "This Trying Time": 10 November 1864- 23 February 1865; 10. Postwar: 1865 -- 1916; Index |
| Summary |
Engaging letters from a gifted and perceptive Confederate cavalry officer. This book contains the letters of George Knox Miller who served as a line officer in the Confederate cavalry and participated in almost all of the major campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. He was, clearly, a very well-educated young man. Born in 1836 in Talladega, Alabama, he developed a great love for reading and the theater and set his sights upon getting an education that would lead to a career in law or medicine; meanwhile he worked as an apprentice in a painting firm to earn tuition. Miller then enrolled in the Uni |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Miller, George Knox, 1836-1916. Correspondence
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Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th.
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee.
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Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th |
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee |
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Soldiers -- Alabama -- Talladega -- Correspondence
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HISTORY.
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Military operations, Cavalry
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Regimental histories
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Soldiers
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Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
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Talladega (Ala.) -- Biography
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Alabama
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Alabama -- Talladega
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McMurry, Richard M.
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| ISBN |
9780817381455 |
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0817381457 |
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