A South Carolina Upcountry Saga The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863 / edited by A. Gibert Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennedy, A. Gibert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster, Barham Bobo, 1817-1897--Correspondence.

South Carolina--Politics and government--1861-1865.

South Carolina.

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

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

Collected letters of a Confederate officer and his family detail daily life and loss on the battlefield Hope, sacrifice, and restoration: throughout the American Civil War and its aftermath, the Foster family endured all of these in no small measure. Drawing from dozens of public and privately owned letters, A. Gibert Kennedy recounts the story of his great-great-grandfather and his family in A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863. Barham Bobo Foster was a gentleman planter from the Piedmont who signed the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession and served as a lieutenant colonel in the Third South Carolina Volunteers alongside his two sons. Kennedy's primary sources are letters written by Foster and his sons, but he also references correspondence involving Foster's daughters and his wife, Mary Ann. The letters describe experiences on the battlefields of Virginia and South Carolina, vividly detailing camp life, movements, and battles along with stories of bravery, loss, and sacrifice. The Civil War cost Foster his health, all that he owned, and his two sons, though he was able to rebuild with the help of his wife and three daughters. Supplementing the correspondence with maps, illustrations, and genealogical information, Kennedy shows the full arc of the Foster family's struggle and endurance in the Civil War era.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LETTER SOURCES

METHODOLOGY

GENEALOGY

[Map]

Introduction

Secession

No Prospect of a Fight

Bull Run:

The Elephant Hides

Winter Quarters

The Peninsula:

Maryland Campaign:

Maryes House:

Epilogue

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781643360225

1643360221

OCLC:

1076543596