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The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway edited by Judith Lee Hallock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Callaway, Joshua K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Alabama--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Alabama--Biography.
- Alabama.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 28th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Callaway, Joshua K--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home. Callaway was a schoolteacher, husband, and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee, he campaigned in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and north
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Corinth, April 13-May 24, 1862; CHAPTER TWO: Corinth to Tupelo, June 2-July 6, 1862; CHAPTER THREE: Tupelo to Smith''s Cross Roads, July 13-September 1, 1862; CHAPTER FOUR: Kentucky Campaign, September 27-November 9, 1862; CHAPTER FIVE: Shelbyville, February 1-May 1, 1863; CHAPTER SIX: Shelbyville, May 9-June 26, 1863; CHAPTER SEVEN: Tullahoma to Chattanooga, June 29-August 2, 1863; CHAPTER EIGHT: Chickamauga, August 27-September 24, 1863; CHAPTER NINE: Behind the Lines, Chattanooga, September 30-October 21, 1863
- CHAPTER TEN: Missionary Ridge, October 26-November 19, 1863CHAPTER ELEVEN: Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; Epilogue; Appendix: Personalities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780820347660
- 0820347663
- 9780820347776
- 0820347779
- OCLC:
- 892094622
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