Welcome the hour of conflict : William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama / edited by John C. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClellan, William Cowan, 1839-1869.

Contributor:

Carter, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Alabama--Correspondence.

Soldiers.

Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Alabama.

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Virginia.

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

United States.

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

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

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 9th.

Confederate States of America.

McClellan, William Cowan, 1839-1869--Correspondence.

McClellan, William Cowan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vivid and lively letters from a young Confederate in Lee's Army. In the spring of 1861 a 22-year-old Alabamian did what many of his friends and colleagues were doing-he joined the Confederate Army as a volunteer. The first of his family to enlist, William Cowan McClellan, who served as a private in the 9th Alabama Infantry regiment, wrote hundreds of letters throughout the war, often penning for friends who could not write home for themselves. In the letters collected in John C. Carter's volume, this young soldier comments on his feelings toward his commanding officers, his

Contents:

Preparing for war : Alabama to Richmond, January 14-June 20, 1861

Waiting for the great battle : Richmond to Manassas, June 21-July 21, 1861, Manassas to Centreville, Virginia : July 22-September 21, 1861

Camp at Centreville, Virginia : September 27-December 31, 1861

The road to the Peninsula : January 8-March 24, 1862

The Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles : March 25-July 27, 1862

The Second Battle of Manassas to Fredericksburg, Virginia : August 9-November 18, 1862

The Fredericksburg campaign : December 3, 1862-February 9, 1863

Chancellorsville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania : February 20-July 9, 1863

Orange, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia : August 22, 1863-October, 1864

Prison and home again : January 2-June 2, 1865

Epilogue

Appendix A : List of the letters

Appendix B : 9th Alabama Regiment casualties/enlistment totals

Appendix C : 9th Alabama Regiment officers and infantry assignments

Appendix D : Pvt. William Cowan McClellan's military record

Appendix E : 9th Alabama regimental roster for Companies F and H.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-405) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8143-0

OCLC:

213271617