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The hour of our nation's agony : the Civil War letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi / edited by Jennifer W. Ford.
Van Pelt Library E568.5 17th .N45 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904.
- Series:
- Voices of the Civil War series
- Voices of the Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904--Correspondence.
- Nelson, William Cowper.
- Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia. Corps, 3rd.
- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia--Military life.
- Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.
- Soldiers--Mississippi--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Regimental histories.
- Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Mississippi.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Personal narratives.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- "A southern institution" : William C. Nelson and the University of Mississippi
- Service with the 9th Mississippi Regiment, March 28-December 24, 1861
- "In more active service" : the 17th Mississippi
- "A long apprenticeship
- a little ease" : promotion to ordinance officer, Posey's Brigade
- Crisis and culmination : the death of Carnot Posey and the bloody battles of 1864 and 1865
- Epilogue : Appomattox, murder, and reconciliation : William C. Nelson's life after the war
- Appendix : notes on Mississippi soldiers and politicians mentioned in the letters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781572335677
- 157233567X
- OCLC:
- 128236349
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