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Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey : autobiography and letters / edited by William B. Hesseltine with an introduction by Robert Tracy McKenzie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884.
- Series:
- Appalachian Echoes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autobiographies.
- Tennessee, East--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Tennessee, East.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- Knoxville Region (Tenn.)--Biography.
- Knoxville Region (Tenn.).
- Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884.
- Ramsey, J. G. M.
- Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884--Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey
- Place of Publication:
- Newfound Press 2002
- Tennessee : Newfound Press, 2002
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Written in the 1870s and originally published by the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1954, Ramsey's autobiography focuses mainly on the home front during the war years. Although Ramsey left Knoxville before Union troops arrived, his wife and daughters remained there for some time, reporting to him on life under the occupation. After the war, Ramsey remained largely unreconstructed politically. Still devoted to his state, he continued his work with the East Tennessee Historical Society, which he had founded in 1834, and served as president of the Tennessee Historical Society from 1874 until his death in 1884.The book includes selected letters from both before and after the Civil War. These shed light on several aspects of Tennessee history, including the coming of the railroad (a project in which Ramsey was instrumental), as well as on Ramsey's personal conviction that slavery was a beneficial institution that lay at the heart of the secession crisis.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
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