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Confederate incognito : the Civil War reports of "Long Grabs," a.k.a. Murdoch John McSween, 26th and 35th North Carolina Infantry / Murdoch John McSween ; edited by E.B. Munson.
Van Pelt Library E573.5 26th .M35 2013
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McSween, Murdoch John, 1836-1880.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McSween, Murdoch John, 1836-1880.
- McSween, Murdoch John.
- Soldiers.
- War correspondents.
- History.
- Journalists.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- North Carolina.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 35th.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Journalists.
- War correspondents--North Carolina--Biography.
- Soldiers--North Carolina--Biography.
- Fayetteville (N.C.)--Biography.
- Fayetteville (N.C.).
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Murdoch John McSween wrote over 80 letters under the pseudonym "Long Grabs" to the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina), serving as their unofficial war correspondent. For the first two full years of the war, 1862-1863, he was a sometimes drill master at Camp Mangum, in Raleigh, and a wanderer among the regiments in North Carolina and Virginia"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- North Carolina goes to war
- Camp Mangum, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia: April 10, 1862-June 26, 1862
- Conscription camps: August 1, 1862-October 29, 1862
- Reporting from Virginia: October 31, 1862-March 12, 1863
- War on the North Carolina home front: March 12, 1863-June 1, 1863
- Return to Virginia: June 9, 1863-July 1, 1863
- Richmond and Petersburg: the final year: July 12, 1864-February 22, 1865
- Fayetteville, North Carolina: the final years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786472109
- 0786472103
- OCLC:
- 815873374
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