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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813828103321

Autore

Hubard Robert Thruston <1839-1921.>

Titolo

The Civil War memoirs of a Virginia cavalryman / / Robert T. Hubard, Jr. ; edited by Thomas P. Nanzig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8173-8198-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NanzigThomas P

Disciplina

973.7/455092

B

Soggetti

Soldiers - Virginia

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

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

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Introduction; Year 1: 1861; Year 2: 1862; Year 3: 1863; Year 4: 1864; Year 5: 1865; Postwar Correspondence; Afterword; Appendix A: Eyewitness Accounts of Bagley Shooting Incident; Appendix B: Carter Account of Chambersburg Raid; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A witness who brings remarkable life and color to the Civil War in the East.         Robert Hubard was an enlisted man and officer of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia (CSA) from 1861 through 1865. He wrote his memoir during an extended convalescence spent at his father's Virginia plantation after being wounded at the battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865. Hubard served under such Confederate luminaries as Jeb Stuart, Fitz Lee, Wade Hampton, and Thomas L. Rosser. He and his unit fought at the battles of Antietam, on the Chamb