LEADER 03854nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910778237503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8143-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483497 035 $a(EBL)438130 035 $a(OCoLC)213271617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000270167 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217845 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270167 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260996 035 $a(PQKB)11743345 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438130 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438130 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483497 100 $a20060601d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWelcome the hour of conflict$b[electronic resource] $eWilliam Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama /$fedited by John C. Carter 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (458 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5786-6 311 $a0-8173-1521-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [397]-405) and index. 327 $aPreparing 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. 330 $aVivid 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 606 $aSoldiers$zAlabama$vCorrespondence 607 $aAlabama$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate 607 $aAlabama$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a973.7/461092 700 $aMcClellan$b William Cowan$f1839-1869.$01543040 701 $aCarter$b John C$0209671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778237503321 996 $aWelcome the hour of conflict$93796316 997 $aUNINA