| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 278 pages) : photographs |
| Series |
Seeing the elephant--Southern eyewitnesses to the Civil War |
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Seeing the elephant.
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| Contents |
Statement of Editorial Principles; Series Introduction for McClendon; Introduction; Recollections of War Times by an Old Veteran while under Stonewall Jackson and Lieutenant General James Longstreet: How I Got In, and How I Got Out; Index |
| Summary |
Recollections of War Times is a dramatically improved edition of William A. "Gus" McClendon's memoir of his service in the 15th Alabama Infantry. It has long been recognized among the rarest books by any veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia. Keith Bohannon has conducted relentless research that uncovered a gratifying array of new information about McClendon, as well as new photographs. The introduction based on that research might be a model for the genre, full of details acquired from arcane sources that throw new light on the subject. Bohannon's new exhaus |
| Notes |
Originally published: Montgomery, Ala. : Paragon Press, 1909 |
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Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
McClendon, W. A. (William Augustus), 1844-1921.
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| SUBJECT |
McClendon, W. A. (William Augustus), 1844-1921 fast |
| Subject |
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 15th.
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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia -- Military life
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| SUBJECT |
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 15th fast |
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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia fast |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Alabama -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Armed Forces -- Military life
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Soldiers
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
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| Subject |
Alabama
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009030302 |
| ISBN |
9780817383312 |
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081738331X |
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