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A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War : the diaries of David Hunter Strother / edited with an introduction by Cecil D. Eby, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888--Diaries.
- Strother, David Hunter.
- Soldiers--West Virginia--Martinsburg--Diaries.
- Soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- West Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (489 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Civil War diaries of David Hunter Strother, known better to his contemporaries as ""Porte Crayon,"" chronicle his three years of service in the Union army with the same cogency and eye for detail that made him one of the most popular writers and illustrators in America in his time. A Virginian strongly opposed to secession, Strother joined the Federal army as a civilian topographer in July of 1861 and was soon commissioned, rising eventually to the rank of brigadier general. He served under a succession of commanders, including Generals Patterson, Banks, Pope, and McClellan, winning their
- Contents:
- Cover Page; A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Epigraph; I Up the Valley with Banks; II Down the Valley with Banks; III With Pope at Cedar Mountain; IV Chaos at Second Bull Run; V With McClellan at Antietam; VI All Quiet Along the Potomac; VII With Banks in Louisiana; VIII The Campaign on the Teche; IX Behind the Lines at Gettysburg; X In the Department of West Virginia; XI With Sigel at New Market; XII The Hunter Raid; XIII The Colonel Leaves the Army; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890871480
- 9780807866665
- 0807866660
- OCLC:
- 833771268
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