03210oam 2200613 450 991013128360332120230607205800.09781572331730 (paperback)(CKB)3710000000410393(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/45432(EXLCZ)99371000000041039320191103c2002uuuu uu| 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDr. J. G. M. Ramsey[electronic resource] autobiography and letters /edited by William B. Hesseltine with an introduction by Robert Tracy McKenzieNewfound Press2002Tennessee :Newfound Press,20021 online resource (367 pages) illustrationsAppalachian EchoesIncludes index.Print version: 9781572331730 Written in the 1870s and originally published by the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1954, Ramsey's autobiography focuses mainly on the home front during the war years. Although Ramsey left Knoxville before Union troops arrived, his wife and daughters remained there for some time, reporting to him on life under the occupation. After the war, Ramsey remained largely unreconstructed politically. Still devoted to his state, he continued his work with the East Tennessee Historical Society, which he had founded in 1834, and served as president of the Tennessee Historical Society from 1874 until his death in 1884.The book includes selected letters from both before and after the Civil War. These shed light on several aspects of Tennessee history, including the coming of the railroad (a project in which Ramsey was instrumental), as well as on Ramsey's personal conviction that slavery was a beneficial institution that lay at the heart of the secession crisis.Dr. J. G. M. RamseyAutobiographiesTennessee, EastHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateKnoxville Region (Tenn.)BiographyPhysicians--East Tennessee--BiographyEast Tennessee History--Civil War1797-18841797-1884--CorrespondenceHistorians--East Tennessee--BiographyBusinessmen--East Tennessee--BiographyKnoxville Tenn. Region--BiographyJames Gettys McGready Ramsey1861-1865--Personal narrativesLandowners--East Tennessee--BiographyConfederateJ. G. M. RamseyDept of the Treasury--Officials and employees--BiographyConfederate States of AmericaAutobiographies.973.7/82BRamsey J. G. M(James Gettys McGready),1797-1884.1232419Hesseltine William B.McKenzie Robert TracyUkMaJRU9910131283603321Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey2861511UNINA