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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823176303321

Autore

Pender William Dorsey <1834-1863.>

Titolo

One of Lee's best men : the Civil War letters of General William Dorsey Pender / / edited by William Woods Hassler ; with a new foreword by Brian Wills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1999

ISBN

979-88-9313-117-8

0-8078-6975-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HasslerWilliam W <1917-> (William Woods)

Disciplina

973.7/13/092

Soggetti

Generals - Confederate States of America

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

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

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Letters; Afterword; Appendix: The Family; Index

Sommario/riassunto

On the day that Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861, twenty-seven-year-old William Dorsey Pender, en route to the provisional Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama, hurriedly scribbled a note to his wife, Fanny. So began a prolific correspondence between a rising Confederate officer and his cherished wife that would last until Pender was mortally wounded at Gettysburg.First published by UNC Press in 1965, Pender's letters are filled with personal details, colorful descriptions, and candid opinions of such important figures as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and A. P