The folly and the madness : the Civil War letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, fifteenth Arkansas infantry / edited by Thomas W. Cutrer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cutrer, Thomas W., editor.

Series:

Voices of the Civil War.

Voices of the Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

Soldiers.

Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Arkansas.

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

United States.

Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Confederate States of America. Army. Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 15th. Company H.

Confederate States of America.

Palmer, Orlando S., 1839-1865--Correspondence.

Palmer, Orlando S.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville, Tennessee : The University of Tennessee, [2023]

Summary:

"In 1860, Orlando S. Palmer left his home in north Alabama to study law in Tennessee and the following year went into practice in Des Arc, Arkansas. With Arkansas's secession, Palmer joined what would become Company H of the First (later Fifteenth) Arkansas Infantry and soon became his company's captain and brigade's adjutant. As such, he was closely associated with William J. Hardee, Thomas C. Hindman, and Patrick R. Cleburne, the latter of whom he served from the day that the First Arkansas was organized until Palmer and Cleburne both sustained fatal wounds at the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. The letters, almost all of which are addressed to his sister, "Missie," are divided equally between military and social concerns. Cutrer argues these letters offer a clear and entertaining window into the life and times of a junior officer serving in the Army of Tennessee"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. 1860: "All Will Yet Blow Over"

Chapter 2. 1861: "The Flower of the Chivalry of the South"

Chapter 3. 1862: "We Can Whip Any Army They May Send Against Us"

Chapter 4. 1863: "This Dark and Troublesome Time"

Chapter 5. 1864: "Bone and Muscle Could Not Endure"

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621908425