Title A gunner in Lee's army : the Civil War letters of Thomas Henry Carter / edited by Graham T. Dozier

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Civil War America Civil War America (Series) Contents Life before the war -- 1861: 15 September-29 December 1861 -- From Northern Virginia to the Peninsula: 8 January-1 May 1862 -- To Maryland and back: 13 July-17 December 1862 -- Winter quarters: 20 January-25 June 1863 -- Guarding the Rapidan: 18 September-27 December 1863 -- From the Wilderness to the Valley: 17 March-31 December 1864 -- War's end: 1 January-7 March 1865 -- Life after the war Summary In May 1861, the prominent young Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Over the next four years he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than 100 revealing letters to his wife Susan about his service. This book presents Carter's letters, one of the best first-hand accounts of Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908 -- Correspondence Carter, Susan Roy, 1834-1902 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Carter, Susan Roy, 1834-1902 -- Correspondence Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908 -- Correspondence Carter, Susan Roy, 1834-1902 fast Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908 fast Subject Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army fast Subject Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Armed Forces -- Officers Soldiers SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Artillery operations, Confederate Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America Genre/Form personal correspondence. Personal narratives History Personal narratives Personal correspondence Personal correspondence. Personal narratives. Correspondance privée. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Dozier, Graham T., editor. ISBN 1469618753 9781469618753 9781469618760 1469618761

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