From That Terrible Field : Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers.

By: Williams, James MContributor(s): Folmar, John KentMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1981Copyright date: ©1981Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817385675Subject(s): Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Alabama Infantry Regiment, 21st -- Biography | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories | Williams, James M., -- 1837-1903Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: From That Terrible Field : Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry VolunteersDDC classification: 973.782 LOC classification: E551Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Hall's Mill, Fort Gaines, and Camp Memminger: October 19, 1861 - February 28, 1862 -- II. Fort Pillow, Shiloh, and Corinth: March 7 - May 18, 1862 -- III. Tupelo: June 1 - July 22, 1862 -- IV. Fort Morgan, Choctaw Bluff, and Oven Bluff: August 13, 1862 - November 27, 1863 -- V. Fort Powell, Mobile Defenses, Spanish Fort, and Cuba Station: January 24, 1864 - May 10, 1865 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "The well-written and candid letters of a reasonably articulate Southern officer, who paints a lucid picture of everyday life in the Confederate army in a little-known theater… Williams's letters, personally written and shot through with his sharp sense of humor and folksy artwork, provide an excellent account of a long neglected theater of the American Civil War." - Western Pennsylvania History.
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Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Hall's Mill, Fort Gaines, and Camp Memminger: October 19, 1861 - February 28, 1862 -- II. Fort Pillow, Shiloh, and Corinth: March 7 - May 18, 1862 -- III. Tupelo: June 1 - July 22, 1862 -- IV. Fort Morgan, Choctaw Bluff, and Oven Bluff: August 13, 1862 - November 27, 1863 -- V. Fort Powell, Mobile Defenses, Spanish Fort, and Cuba Station: January 24, 1864 - May 10, 1865 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"The well-written and candid letters of a reasonably articulate Southern officer, who paints a lucid picture of everyday life in the Confederate army in a little-known theater… Williams's letters, personally written and shot through with his sharp sense of humor and folksy artwork, provide an excellent account of a long neglected theater of the American Civil War." - Western Pennsylvania History.

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