LEADER 04063nam 2200529 450 001 9910820151603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-63101-354-8 010 $a1-63101-353-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000007653440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5683910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5683910 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11653773 035 $a(OCoLC)1085951002 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007653440 100 $a20190228d2019 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aJames Riley Weaver's Civil War $ethe diary of a Union cavalry officer and prisoner of war, 1863-1865 /$fedited by John T. Schlotterbeck [and three others] 210 1$aKent, Ohio :$cThe Kent State University Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (333 pages) 311 $a1-60635-368-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: Instilling the "ideal of Christian manhood," 1839 to 1863 -- "The arts and scenes of active warfare": the making of a cavalry officer, June 1 to July 17, 1863 -- "Slept to dream of war but woke to find all quiet": campaigning in Northern Virginia, July 18 to October 11, 1863 -- "What a little world in itself have we in Libby": Libby Prison, Richmond, October 12, 1863, to January 16, 1864 -- "Our happiness is alloyed by the fear of being disappointed": Libby Prison, Richmond, January 17 to May 6, 1864 -- "Think of home and wonder when the space that now separates us will be traversed": Macon, Georgia, May 7 to July 27, 1864 -- "They go high like a shooting meteor and fall abruptly as stars": Charleston, South Carolina, July 28 to October 5, 1864 -- "Escape is the order of the day": Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina, October 6 to December 11, 1864 -- "Sitting outside my tent penning these lines": Camp Asylum, Columbia, South Carolina, December 12, 1864, to February 13, 1865 -- "Altho' these things seemed as of former days, yet I could not realize that I was free": homeward bound, February 14 to April 1, 1865 -- Epilogue: "Students are co-laborers with the instructor in the investigation of specific subjects," Weaver's post-war career, 1865 to 1920. 330 $a"This is an annotated edition of the diary of Union cavalry officer James Riley Weaver. Weaver wrote every day from June 1, 1863, to April 1, 1865, creating an unbroken 666-day record of his military engagements in the Union cavalry, almost seventeen months in seven Confederate officers' prisons, and return to civilian life. The depth of detail, clear prose, emotional restraint, and dissection of human nature under duress provide an unparalleled eyewitness account of one man's Civil War. Weaver avoids the sectional rancor that colors most published Union prisoner narratives and traces the changing nature of cavalry warfare and prison life over an extended period of time. His entries are honest, analytical, and even-handed in their assessments and connect soldiering, imprisonment, and personal experiences and their meaning with external events beyond his immediate purview"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSoldiers$zPennsylvania$vDiaries 606 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$vDiaries 607 $aPennsylvania$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aPennsylvania$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xPrisoners and prisons 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aPrisoners of war 676 $a973.781 700 $aWeaver$b James Riley$f1839-1920,$01664544 702 $aSchlotterbeck$b John T. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820151603321 996 $aJames Riley Weaver's Civil War$94022604 997 $aUNINA