An uncompromising secessionist: the Civil War of George Knox Miller, Eighth (Wade's) Confederate Cavalry
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1. Verfasser: Miller, George Knox (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press ©2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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
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ISBN:0817315314
0817381457
9780817315313
9780817381455

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