03888nam 2200637 a 450 991045151690332120200520144314.00-8173-8143-0(CKB)1000000000483497(EBL)438130(OCoLC)213271617(SSID)ssj0000270167(PQKBManifestationID)11217845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270167(PQKBWorkID)10260996(PQKB)11743345(MiAaPQ)EBC438130(MdBmJHUP)muse8711(Au-PeEL)EBL438130(CaPaEBR)ebr10218354(EXLCZ)99100000000048349720060601d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWelcome the hour of conflict[electronic resource] William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama /edited by John C. CarterTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (458 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5786-6 0-8173-1521-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-405) and index.Preparing for war : Alabama to Richmond, January 14-June 20, 1861 -- Waiting for the great battle : Richmond to Manassas, June 21-July 21, 1861, Manassas to Centreville, Virginia : July 22-September 21, 1861 -- Camp at Centreville, Virginia : September 27-December 31, 1861 -- The road to the Peninsula : January 8-March 24, 1862 -- The Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles : March 25-July 27, 1862 -- The Second Battle of Manassas to Fredericksburg, Virginia : August 9-November 18, 1862 -- The Fredericksburg campaign : December 3, 1862-February 9, 1863 -- Chancellorsville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania : February 20-July 9, 1863 -- Orange, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia : August 22, 1863-October, 1864 -- Prison and home again : January 2-June 2, 1865 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : List of the letters -- Appendix B : 9th Alabama Regiment casualties/enlistment totals -- Appendix C : 9th Alabama Regiment officers and infantry assignments -- Appendix D : Pvt. William Cowan McClellan's military record -- Appendix E : 9th Alabama regimental roster for Companies F and H.Vivid and lively letters from a young Confederate in Lee's Army. In the spring of 1861 a 22-year-old Alabamian did what many of his friends and colleagues were doing-he joined the Confederate Army as a volunteer. The first of his family to enlist, William Cowan McClellan, who served as a private in the 9th Alabama Infantry regiment, wrote hundreds of letters throughout the war, often penning for friends who could not write home for themselves. In the letters collected in John C. Carter's volume, this young soldier comments on his feelings toward his commanding officers, his SoldiersAlabamaCorrespondenceAlabamaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesVirginiaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateAlabamaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesVirginiaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsElectronic books.Soldiers973.7/461092McClellan William Cowan1839-1869.1051291Carter John C209671MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451516903321Welcome the hour of conflict2481692UNINA