A hard trip : a history of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, CSA / Ben Wynne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynne, Ben, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 15th.

Confederate States of America.

History.

Social aspects.

Regimental histories.

Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Mississippi.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

United States.

Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xxv, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2003]

Summary:

The history of the 15th Mississippi Infantry in the social context of the western theater of the Civil War

Contents:

1. Prelude 1

2. Organization, 1861 32

3. Tennessee and Kentucky, 1861-1862 51

4. Shiloh, 1862 67

5. Mississippi and Louisiana, 1862 79

6. Winter Quarters, Port Hudson, and the Vicksburg Campaign, 1863 97

7. Retreat from Mississippi and the Atlanta Campaign, 1864 115

8. Post-Atlanta Movements and the Atlanta Campaign, 1864 129

9. Nashville, North Carolina, and the War's Conclusion, 1864-1865 143

10. After the War 157

Appendix The Language of the Cause and the Lost Cause.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index.

ISBN:

0865548064

OCLC:

51937011