Title The death of a Confederate : selections from the letters of the Archibald Smith family of Roswell, Georgia, 1864-1956 / edited by Arthur N. Skinner & James L. Skinner

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xlviii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Genealogical Chart: The Family of William Seagrove Smith -- Introduction -- List of Correspondents -- ""A Time of Anxiety and Apprehension"": January-May 1864 -- ""Driven from Our Homes"": May-November 1864 -- ""The Vile Wicked Wretch"": November-December 1864 -- ""The Failure of Our Hopes"": January-July 1865 -- The Monument: September 1865-February 1867 -- ""The Last Time I Saw Him"": 1869-1956 -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z Summary The letters cover William and Archibald Smith's service in the Confederate armies at Savannah and in the Carolinas ; the family fleeing Sherman's advance, William's death shortly after the war, life under Reconstruction, and how subsequent generations remembered the war years. Included is a very brief description of an 1899 reunion of Confederate veterans at the Citadel Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Smith, Archibald, 1801-1886 -- Family -- Correspondence Smith family -- Correspondence SUBJECT Smith, Archibald, 1801-1886 fast Smith family fast Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Families SUBJECT Roswell (Ga.) -- Biography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Subject Georgia Georgia -- Roswell United States Genre/Form personal correspondence. Personal narratives Biographies History Personal narratives Personal correspondence Biographies. Personal correspondence. Personal narratives. Biographies. Correspondance privée. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Skinner, Arthur N Skinner, James L., 1938- LC no. 95052514 ISBN 9780820342955 0820342955 1283267969 9781283267960 9786613267962 6613267961

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