Download or read book The Best of Confederate Veteran written by John C Rigdon and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederate Veteran Magazine was published monthly between 1893 and 1932; nearly 40 years of articles. This book contains a selection of some of the "best" articles.#1 The Jurist's Opinion of the Fallen Chieftain - A tribute by Judge Turney of Clarksville Tennessee to Jefferson Davis.#2 Members of the Old Guard of the Confederacy - A tribute to Confederate Generals.#3 Dr. H. W. Manson, Tells a Thrilling Story - An account of the fall of Petersburg, VA on April 2, 1865. #4 Battle of Franklin - A firsthand account of the Battle of Franklin told by one who was in the center of the line.#5 Memorial Day, Its Origin - Tells the story of Mrs. Charles Williams of Columbus, GA and her work to establish Memorial Day#6 The Hero of Pickett's Old Brigade - A tribute to an unnamed Confederate woman who died in Pickett's Charge. #7 Eli Perkins Talks of the War - Humorous accounts of the war told by Gen. Sherman who was a neighbor of Eli Perkins after the war.#8 Reminiscences of Lee and Gettysburg - The author tells of overhearing Lee and Longstreet discuss the upcoming battle of July 3, 1863.#9 Snow Battle at Dalton - Account of the snowfall of March 22, 1864 in Dalton, GA and the snowball fight which engaged thousands.#10 Description of Our Soldiers at Chickamauga - An account of Gen. Bragg's forces at Chickamauga as told by Gen. Boynton.#11 Battle of Frazier's Farm - The participation of the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Fourteenth Alabama Regiments, under the command of Brigadier-General Cadmus M. Wilcox.#12 Typical Confederate Soldier - A description of the average soldier's look and attire.#13 - The Battle of Staunton River Bridge, Va. - An account by J. T. Eason of Cold Water, Mississippi who served in the 17th MS Infantry.#14 - The Virginia Campaign - A Touching Incident. - Capt. John B. Rains of the 11th Alabama Infantry orders his men to shoot at a Pennsylvania Officer, only to learn that the man they had killed was a classmate from the Philadelphia Law School.#15 - Letter to President Davis - Capture of Fort Donelson. - A letter by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson.#16 - Need of a United States History. - The author makes a plea for a history written from the southern perspective. #18 - Vicksburg - An account of the siege of Vicksburg as told by Gen. Francis A. Shoup. #19 - Scouting in West Virginia - details regarding spying for the Confederacy.#20 - Hand to Hand Fight in the Army - The story of J. T. McBride of the 45th Mississippi Infantry regiment who was famous for his fist-fighting.#21 - Heroic and Patriotic Marylanders - A presentation by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson.#22 - Incidents at the First Manassas Battle - First prisoner and first casualty noted. #23 - War of Secession - "The real meaning is embalmed in these words: a war waged by the Federal Government against the asserted right of a State to peaceably or forcibly secede from the Union".#24 - Honor to the Third Louisiana Regiment - #25 - Capt. Edwin Ruthven Crockett - A tribute to Davy Crockett's son, Capt. Edwin Ruthven Crockett.

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Download or read book Sing Not War written by James Marten and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. In Sing Not War, James Marten explores how the nineteenth century's "Greatest Generation" attempted to blend back into society and how their experiences were treated by nonveterans. Many soldiers, Marten reveals, had a much harder time reintegrating into their communities and returning to their civilian lives than has been previously understood. Although Civil War veterans were generally well taken care of during the Gilded Age, Marten argues that veterans lost control of their legacies, becoming best remembered as others wanted to remember them--for their service in the war and their postwar political activities. Marten finds that while southern veterans were venerated for their service to the Confederacy, Union veterans often encountered resentment and even outright hostility as they aged and made greater demands on the public purse. Drawing on letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, newspapers, and other sources, Sing Not War illustrates that during the Gilded Age "veteran" conjured up several conflicting images and invoked contradicting reactions. Deeply researched and vividly narrated, Marten's book counters the romanticized vision of the lives of Civil War veterans, bringing forth new information about how white veterans were treated and how they lived out their lives.

Download or read book The Best of Confederate Veteran written by John C Rigdon and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederate Veteran Magazine was published monthly between 1893 and 1932; nearly 40 years of articles. This book contains a selection of some of the "best" articles. #1 Last Battles of the War - A journal by B. L. Ridley of Murfreesboro, TN who was aide to Gen. A. P. Stewart. The jounal begins on March 17, 1865 and extends through the battle of Bentonville.#2 "Deserter" Pardoned by General Lee - "MY DEAR EDWARD.-I have always been proud of you, and since your connection with the Confederate Army I have been prouder of you shall ever. I would not have you do anything wrong for the world; but before God, Edward, unless you come home, we must die! Last night I was roused by little Eddie crying. I called and said, 'What's the matter, Eddie?' and he said, 'O mamma, I am so hungry!' And Lucy, your darling Lucy, she never complains, but she is growing thinner every day, and I repeat, unless you come home, we must all die. YOUR MARY."#3 The Preacher Stole the Skillet. - The recounting of a humorous incident which occurred in the spring of 1865 in South Carolina.#4 Forrest's Old Regiment - While the battle was at white heat I turned to speak to [Col. E. B.] Trezevant of how gallantly the men were bearing themselves, and I noticed that he looked pale. I stepped closer and said, "Colonel, are you hit!" The reply was, "Yes, Captain, I am killed. Take charge of the regiment."#6 Alabamians in the Crater Battle. - A first hand account by the Captain of the 11th Alabama Infantry.#7 Inside the lines at Franklin. - Francis "Fannie" O'Bryan, a schoolgirl at the Franklin Female Institute recounts the battle and its aftermath. In the afternoon, December 1st, some of us went to the battlefield, to give water and wine to the wounded. All of us carried cups from which to refresh the thirsty. Horrors! what sights that met our girlish eyes! The dead and wounded lined the Columbia pike for the distance of a mile. In Mrs. Sykes' yard, Gen. Hood sat talking with some of his staff officers. I didn't look upon him as a hero, because nothing had been accomplished that could benefit us. As we approached Col. Carter's house, we could scarcely walk without stepping on dead or dying men.#8 Reminiscences of the Wilderness. - The author, Marcus B. Toney of Nashville, TN of Gen. Ed. Johnson's Division, revisits the battlesite some 30 years later. We did not sleep any that night, but worked like beavers with our bayonets and tin plates. By noon of the 11th our trenches were five and a half feet deep, with pine logs resting in front and on top of the embankment, with sufficient space to shoot through. There was a cold, drizzling rain all day of the 11th and through the night, and we were in these muddy trenches. The rain rendered many of the guns useless...After nearly thirty-one years the trenches are grown up with oak and pine, thirty to forty feet high. What a fearful campaign from the 5th of May to the 12th, when over 4,000 men fell, and in the seven days with nothing to eat but cornbread, and very little sleep. How changed was Palmer's Field! Where I saw the 1,100 dead, is now grown up a wilderness of pines, so dense the sun cannot penetrate.#9 The Artillery at Bentonville - The author recounts the loss and recapture of a confederate gun.#10 Federal Veterans at Shiloh - What really happened to the Confederate Gold. Capt. Lot Abraham, of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, near the close of the struggle was assigned to command of the post at Washington, Ga. He was busy soon after arrival paroling soldiers, when a gentleman walked in, tapped him on the shoulder, and said: "My name is Toombs. Breckinridge, in passing my house the other day, threw down from his horse a meal-sack containing money, which belongs to your Government, and it is your duty to take charge of it..."

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Download or read book The Greatest Reunion of Confederate Veterans Ever Held written by and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book War Talks of Confederate Veterans written by George S. Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Confederate Soldier of the American Civil War A Visual Reference written by Denis Hambucken and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at Confederate soldiers' day-to-day lives, equipment, weapons and more, with full-color photos of reenactments and artifacts, historical documents and more.

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Download or read book The Confederacy s Greatest Cavalryman written by Brian Steel Wills and published by Modern War Studies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best biography of one of the most exciting, colorful, and controversial figures of the Civil War. A renowned cavalryman, Nathan Bedford Forrest perfected a ruthless hit-and-run guerrilla warfare that terrified Union soldiers and garnered the respect of warriors like William Sherman, who described his adversary as "that Devil, Forrest . . . the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side." Historian Bruce Catton rated Forrest "one of the authentic military geniuses of the whole war," but Brian Steel Wills covers much more than the cavalryman's incredible feats on the field of battle. He also provides the most thoughtful and complete analysis of Forrest's hardscrabble childhood in backwater Mississippi; his rise to wealth in the Memphis slave trade; his role in the infamous Fort Pillow massacre of black Union soldiers; his role as early leader and Grand Wizard of the first Ku Klux Klan; and his declining health and premature death in a reconstructing America.

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Download or read book The Life of Johnny Reb written by Bell Irvin Wiley and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bell Irvin Wiley's composite portrait of the rank-and-file Confederate soldier was published in 1943, it was enthusiastically received by professional historians and general readers alike. A half century later, the book still is regarded as one of the best available accounts of the ordinary citizens who made up the Confederate army. The Life of Johnny Reb is not about the battles and skirmishes fought by the Confederate foot soldier. Rather, it is an intimate history of the soldier's daily life - the songs he sang, the foods he ate, the hopes and fears he experienced, the reasons he fought. Wiley has examined countless letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and official records in constructing this frequently poignant, sometimes humorous account of the life of Johnny Reb.

Download or read book Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records written by William English 1846-1920 Mickle and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records written by William English 1846-1920 Mickle and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Last Civil War Veterans written by Frank L. Grzyb and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It really matters very little who died last," wrote Civil War historian William Marvel, "but for some reason we seem fascinated with knowing." Drawing on a wide range of sources including correspondence with descendants, this book covers the last living Civil War veterans in each state, providing details of their wartime service as soldiers and sailors and their postwar lives as family men, entrepreneurs, politicians, frontier pioneers and honored veterans.

Download or read book Confederate Veteran Volume 28 written by Confederated Southern Memorial Associ and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection of essays, reminiscences, and historical articles offers a unique perspective on the experiences of the Confederate soldiers and their families during and after the Civil War. With its vivid and engaging prose, it provides a powerful and moving tribute to these brave and resilient individuals. Whether you are a Civil War buff or simply interested in the rich tapestry of American history, this book is an essential addition to your library. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Co Aytch written by Sam R. Watkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Civil War memoir, Co. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with an irrepressible sense of humor and a sharp eye for the lighter side of battle. It is a testament to one man’s enduring humanity, courage, and wisdom in the midst of death and destruction. Early in May 1861, twenty-one-year-old Sam R. Watkins of Columbia, Tennessee, joined the First Tennessee Regiment, Company H, to fight for the Confederacy. Of the 120 original recruits in his company, Watkins was one of only seven to survive every one of its battles, from Shiloh to Nashville. Twenty years later, with a “house full of young ‘rebels’ clustering around my knees and bumping about my elbows,” he wrote this remarkable account—a memoir of a humble soldier fighting in the American Civil War, replete with tales of the common foot soldiers, commanders, Yankee enemies, victories, defeats, and the South’s ultimate surrender on April 26, 1865.