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UNINA9910823176303321 |
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Pender William Dorsey <1834-1863.> |
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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 |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-9313-117-8 |
0-8078-6975-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HasslerWilliam W <1917-> (William Woods) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - Confederate States of America |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Letters; Afterword; Appendix: The Family; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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