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An uncompromising secessionist : the Civil War of George Knox Miller, Eighth (Wade's) Confederate Cavalry / edited by Richard M. McMurry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, George Knox, 1836-1916.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Alabama--Talladega--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Alabama.
- 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.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
- Talladega (Ala.)--Biography.
- Talladega (Ala.).
- Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee.
- Miller, George Knox, 1836-1916--Correspondence.
- Miller, George Knox.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engaging letters from a gifted and perceptive Confederate cavalry officer. This book contains the letters of George Knox Miller who served as a line officer in the Confederate cavalry and participated in almost all of the major campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. He was, clearly, a very well-educated young man. Born in 1836 in Talladega, Alabama, he developed a great love for reading and the theater and set his sights upon getting an education that would lead to a career in law or medicine; meanwhile he worked as an apprentice in a painting firm to earn tuition. Miller then enro
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Bibliographical Sketch; 1. Prewar: 14 June 1860 - 11 May 1861; 2. Early Months at War: 31 May 1862 - 17 April 1862; 3. Battles and Marches: 14 June 1862 - 12 January 1863; 4. Prison and Retreat: 1 March - 16 July 1863; 5. Home and Sickness: 15 September - 6 November 1863; 6. ""The Lull That Precedes the Storm"": 2 January - 23 April 1864; 7. Cheerfuly into Battle: 4 May - 30 June 1864; 8. The Fight for Atlanta: 1 July - 5 November 1864; 9. ""This Trying Time"": 10 November 1864- 23 February 1865; 10. Postwar: 1865 - 1916; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8145-7
- OCLC:
- 213271661
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