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Writings of a rebel colonel : the Civil War diary and letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry / Samuel Walkup ; edited by Kemp Burpeau.
Van Pelt Library E573.5 48th .W35 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walkup, S. H. (Samuel Hoey), 1818-1876.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Soldiers--North Carolina--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Military campaigns.
- Walkup, S. H. (Samuel Hoey), 1818-1876--Diaries.
- Walkup, S. H.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 48th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- North Carolina.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Union County (N.C.)--Biography.
- Union County (N.C.).
- North Carolina--Union County.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- History.
- Personal correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Correspondence.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Civil war diary and letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Lawyer, planter and politician Samuel Hoey Walkup (1818-1876) led the 48th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War. A devout Christian and Whig nationalist, he opposed secession until hostilities were well underway, then became a die-hard Confederate, serving in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days battles through Appomattox. Presenting Walkup's complete and annotated writings, this composite biography of an important but overlooked Southern leader reveals an insightful narrator of his times. Having been a pre-war civilian outside the West Point establishment, he offers a candid view of Confederate leadership, particularly Robert E. Lee and A.P. Hill. Home life with his wife Minnie Parmela Reece Price and the enslaved members of their household was a complex relationship of cooperation and resistance, congeniality and oppression. Walkup's story offers a cautionary account of misguided benevolence supporting profound racial oppression"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Walkup's Civil War Journal and Correspondence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476686691
- 1476686696
- OCLC:
- 1250304788
- Publisher Number:
- 99988993615
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