01757nam 2200373 450 991079399010332120191111082911.01-4396-6830-2(CKB)4100000009588120(MiAaPQ)EBC5942950(EXLCZ)99410000000958812020191111d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMississippi Bishop William Henry Elder and the Civil War /Ryan StarrettCharleston, South Carolina :History Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (185 pages)1-4671-4380-4 "Conquest. War. Famine. Death. During the Civil War, all Four Horsemen circled the flock of William Henry Elder, the third bishop of Natchez. Elder was a hopeful unionist turned secessionist whose diocese encompassed the entirety of Mississippi. Consequently, he witnessed many of the pivotal moments of the Civil War--the capitulation of Natchez, the Siege of Vicksburg, the destruction of Jackson and the overall desolation of a state. And in the midst of the conflict, Bishop Elder went about his daily duties of baptizing, teaching, praying, preaching, performing marriages, confirming, comforting and burying the dead" -- back cover.United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, Confederate973.782Starrett Ryan1570740Ellington CletaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793990103321Mississippi Bishop William Henry Elder and the Civil War3844592UNINA