LEADER 04251nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910779101403321 005 20230607223830.0 010 $a1-283-43463-6 010 $a9786613434630 010 $a1-60473-692-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000082371 035 $a(EBL)840337 035 $a(OCoLC)819637219 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000598460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11379005 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591874 035 $a(PQKB)11249276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC840337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL840337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10529435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL343463 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000082371 100 $a20020204d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe 16th Mississippi Infantry$b[electronic resource] $eCivil War letters and reminiscences /$fcompiled and edited by Robert G. Evans 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-486-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-351) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Writers; Chapter 1 ""A common enthusiasm and eagerness for the fray . . .""; Chapter 2 ""What the Yankees don't kill will die of disease . . .""; Chapter 3 ""We . . . fear no danger""; Chapter 4 "". . . have you all winked out?""; Chapter 5 "". . . deluded victims of Northern fanaticism . . .""; Chapter 6 "". . . a regular war of extermination""; Chapter 7 "". . . we swept everything before us""; Chapter 8 "". . . a little town in Maryland""; Chapter 9 ""The valley is strewed with blue . . ."" 327 $aChapter 10 ""Everything wears such a cheering aspect . . .""Chapter 11 "". . . enough to make the Old Master weep""; Chapter 12 "". . . a hard fight in Pennsylvania . . .""; Chapter 13 "". . . not very pleasant work, but it has to be done""; Chapter 14 "". . . we must take it the best we can""; Chapter 15 "". . . the men wouldn't come to time""; Chapter 16 "". . . we will have other fish to fry in a day or two""; Chapter 17 "". . . the place received the appellation Bloody Bend""; Chapter 18 "". . . a man cannot be too good to die for his home, his country"" 327 $aChapter 19 ""Mining and blowing up is all the talk . . .""Chapter 20 "". . . daily there was a list of casualties""; Chapter 21 "". . . Fort Gregg will never be surrendered""; Chapter 22 "". . . the loss of all-save honor""; Postscripts; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aThey fought in the Shenandoah campaign that blazed Stonewall Jackson's reputation. They fought in the Seven Days' Battles and at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, in the Wilderness campaign, and at Spotsylvania. At the surrender they were beside General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. From the beginning of the war to its very end the men of the Sixteenth Mississippi endured. In this collection of their letters and their memories, both historians and Civil War buffs will find the fascinating words of these common soldiers in one of the most notable units in the Army of No 517 3 $aSixteenth Mississippi Infantry 606 $aSoldiers$zMississippi$vCorrespondence 606 $aSoldiers$zMississippi$vDiaries 606 $aSoldiers$zMississippi$vBiography 607 $aMississippi$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate 607 $aMississippi$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a973.7/462 701 $aEvans$b Robert G.$f1949-$01474660 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779101403321 996 $aThe 16th Mississippi Infantry$93688442 997 $aUNINA