A portion of my life : being a short & imperfect history written while a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, 1864 / by William M. Norman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norman, William M., 1833- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pickel Partners Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

While a Confederate prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, William Norman wrote what he calls a "short diary or sketch" - a summing up of the important events of his life before he was captured at Kellysford Virginia, in 1863. Born into a hard working but somewhat poor family in Surry County, North Carolina; the future Confederate Captain lived a life out on the frontiers in Iowa and Nebraska as a schoolteacher, clerk and farmer with varied success. When the Civil War broke out he was a practicing lawyer in his native state and quickly took up arms in the Second North Virginia regiment; he fought in the army of Northern Virginia at the great battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg before his capture.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786255921

1786255928