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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464076603321

Autore

McClendon W. A (William Augustus), <1844-1921.>

Titolo

Recollections of war times [[electronic resource] ] : by an old veteran while under Stonewall Jackson and Lieutenant General James Longstreet : how I got in, and how I got out / / by W.A. McClendon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8173-8331-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Seeing the elephant : Southern eyewitnesses to the Civil War

Disciplina

973.7/82092

B

Soggetti

Soldiers - Alabama

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Montgomery, Ala. : Paragon Press, 1909.

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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