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One of Lee's best men : the Civil War letters of General William Dorsey Pender / edited by William Woods Hassler ; with a new foreword by Brian Wills.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.P367 A4 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863.
- Standardized Title:
- General to his lady
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863--Correspondence.
- Pender, William Dorsey.
- Pender, Fanny.
- Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
- Generals.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Pender, Fanny--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- On the day that Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861, twenty-seven-year-old William Dorsey Pender, en route to the provisional Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama, hurriedly scribbled a note to his wife, Fanny. So began a prolific correspondence between a rising Confederate officer and his cherished wife that would last until Pender was mortally wounded at Gettysburg.
- First published by UNC Press in 1965, Pender's letters are filled with personal details, colorful descriptions, and candid opinions of such important figures as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and A. P. Hill. His comments on his military activities and aspirations and the challenges of command, combined with his husbandly advice and affection, sketch an intimate and unvarnished portrait of the man who was perhaps the most distinguished North Carolina commander.
- Notes:
- Originally published: The general to his lady. 1965.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807848239
- OCLC:
- 40632219
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