The Civil War memoirs of a Virginia cavalryman / Robert T. Hubard, Jr. ; edited by Thomas P. Nanzig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubard, Robert Thruston, 1839-1921.

Contributor:

Nanzig, Thomas P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Virginia--Biography.

Soldiers.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.

United States.

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

Virginia.

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

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

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

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 3rd.

Confederate States of America.

Hubard, Robert Thruston, 1839-1921.

Hubard, Robert Thruston.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A witness who brings remarkable life and color to the Civil War in the East. Robert Hubard was an enlisted man and officer of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia (CSA) from 1861 through 1865. He wrote his memoir during an extended convalescence spent at his father's Virginia plantation after being wounded at the battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865. Hubard served under such Confederate luminaries as Jeb Stuart, Fitz Lee, Wade Hampton, and Thomas L. Rosser. He and his unit fought at the battles of Antietam, on the Chamb

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Introduction; Year 1: 1861; Year 2: 1862; Year 3: 1863; Year 4: 1864; Year 5: 1865; Postwar Correspondence; Afterword; Appendix A: Eyewitness Accounts of Bagley Shooting Incident; Appendix B: Carter Account of Chambersburg Raid; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-291) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8198-8

OCLC:

426526477