Bright and gloomy days : the Civil War correspondence of Captain Charles Frederic Bahnson, a Moravian Confederate / edited by Sarah Bahnson Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bahnson, Charles Frederic, 1840-1911.

Contributor:

Chapman, Sarah Bahnson, 1976-

Series:

Voices of the Civil War series

Voices of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bahnson, Charles Frederic, 1840-1911--Correspondence.

Bahnson, Charles Frederic.

Bahnson, Charles Frederic, 1840-1911.

Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Battalion, 2nd.

Confederate States of America.

History.

Regimental histories.

Moravians.

Soldiers.

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

North Carolina.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.

United States.

Soldiers--North Carolina--Salem--Correspondence.

Moravians--North Carolina--Salem--Correspondence.

Salem (N.C.)--Biography.

Salem (N.C.).

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

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

Genre:

Personal narratives -- Confederate.

Correspondence.

Personal narratives.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

lix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2003]

Contents:

Preface: A Biography of Charles Frederic Bahnson xi

Introduction: Like a Ship Laboring in the Storm xxi

1. I Made My Commencement at Repairing Watches 1

2. At Last the War Has Commenced 15

3. We Will Reorganize as Soon as All Our Companies Are in Camp 29

4. Happy to Be Once More on the Soil of Our Good Old North State 47

5. We Are Now on a Grand Raid and on the Eve of a Great Battle 62

6. To Conquer Us, I Think Is Impossible 72

7. We Are All Fixing to Spend the Winter 101

8. We Have Met the Enemy, and Repulsed Them at Every Point 117

9. It Was Down to Washington to Say "Good Morning Abe!" 121

10. I Am Not at All Dissatisfied with My Island Home 143

11. The Recent Bombardment at Our "Sister Fort" 155

12. Let Come What Will, I Will Strive Not to Falter 166

13. My Friends Treat Me Splendidly

No Hard Feelings at All 174

Appendix 1. The Flag of Company G 177

Appendix 2. Roanoke Island Memorial 179

Appendix 3. The Captivity of Henry T. Bahnson 181

Appendix 4. The Departure of Reverend Holland 183

Appendix 5. The Hospital Stay of Henry T. Bahnson 184

Appendix 6. Union Colonel William J. Palmer's Raid on Salem 186

Appendix 7. Bahnson Family Chart 189.

ISBN:

1572332263

OCLC:

51810548