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"A fit representation of pandemonium" : East Tennessee Confederate soldiers in the campaign for Vicksburg
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Title
"A fit representation of pandemonium" : East Tennessee Confederate soldiers in the campaign for Vicksburg / William D. Taylor.
ISBN
9780881460346
0881460346
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xi, 558 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-528) and index.
Contents
Prologue: "Gaunt, sallow-faced East Tennesseans"
"Till my country is freed from the darkee lords of Lincoln" (November-December 1862)
"The country is so poor you can hear it groan at night" (January)
"How ungrateful the citizens of Vicksburg are to the Tennesseans defending their firesides for them" (February)
"Hard living and sacrifice will not divert us from our duty" (March)
"Our men don't ask the Yanks any odds" (April)
"Fixing up our contraptions for a Yankee hunt" (1-15 May)
"The battle rages with much violence on both sides" (16 May)
"Who can appreciate a moment of such extreme solitude?" (17 May)
"The hardships and privations of the men were beyond description (18-31 May)
"There is no romance to the actors" (1-15 June)
"The siege drags its weary length along" (16-30 June)
"We held a terrible foe 48 days on 12-days' rations (July)
Appendix A: The Vicksburg garrison
Appendix B: Identified East Tennessee Confederate soldiers who died in the vicinity of Vicksburg during the campaign
Appendix C: Identified East Tennessee Confederate dead during the Vicksburg Campaign
Appendix D: 372 identified East Tennessee Confederate dead during the Vicksburg Campaign.
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