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1 online resource (xxviii, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Writers; Chapter 1 A common enthusiasm and eagerness for the fray ... -- Chapter 2 What the Yankees don't kill will die of disease ... -- Chapter 3 We ... fear no danger -- Chapter 4 ... have you all winked out? -- Chapter 5 ... deluded victims of Northern fanaticism ... -- Chapter 6 ... a regular war of extermination -- Chapter 7 ... we swept everything before us -- Chapter 8 ... a little town in Maryland -- Chapter 9 The valley is strewed with blue |
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Chapter 10 Everything wears such a cheering aspect . . .Chapter 11 ... enough to make the Old Master weep -- Chapter 12 ... a hard fight in Pennsylvania ... -- Chapter 13 ... not very pleasant work, but it has to be done -- Chapter 14 ... we must take it the best we can -- Chapter 15 ... the men wouldn't come to time -- Chapter 16 ... we will have other fish to fry in a day or two -- Chapter 17 ... the place received the appellation Bloody Bend -- Chapter 18 ... a man cannot be too good to die for his home, his country |
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Chapter 19 Mining and blowing up is all the talk . . .Chapter 20 ... daily there was a list of casualties -- Chapter 21 ... Fort Gregg will never be surrendered -- Chapter 22 ... the loss of all-save honor -- Postscripts; Notes; 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; Y |
| Summary |
They fought in the Shenandoah campaign that blazed Stonewall Jackson's reputation. They fought in the Seven Days' Battles and at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, in the Wilderness campaign, and at Spotsylvania. At the surrender they were beside General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. From the beginning of the war to its very end the men of the Sixteenth Mississippi endured. In this collection of their letters and their memories, both historians and Civil War buffs will find the fascinating words of these common soldiers in one of the most notable units in the Army of No |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 16th.
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| SUBJECT |
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 16th fast |
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Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Correspondence
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Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Diaries
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Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Regimental histories
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Soldiers
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
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Mississippi
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United States
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Biographies
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Diaries
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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 |
Evans, Robert G., 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781604736922 |
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1604736925 |
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