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A Confederate chronicle the life of a Civil War survivor
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A Confederate chronicle [electronic resource] : the life of a Civil War survivor / Pamela Chase Hain.
ISBN
0826215998 (alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xvii, 273 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Focuses on the struggles of Civil War veteran Thomas L. Wragg, Confederate officer, prisoner of war, and successful doctor. Documents General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Harpers Ferry and the Battle of Bull Run, Wragg's training on the CSS Georgia, his imprisonment, his courtship, and the effects of posttraumatic stress"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 29, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a time of prosperity and peace, 1843-1861
The OLI, Company B, and the Eighth Georgia infantry from Savannah to Bull Run, 1861
All quiet on the eastern front, summer of 1861-spring of 1862
Naval notebook, on board the CSS Georgia, Savannah Squadron, 1863
The capture of the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, Savannah, June 17, 1863
Fort Warren Prison, Boston Harbor, June 1863-October 1864
James River Squadron to Semmes's Brigade, 1864-65
Confederate veteran returns to Reconstruction Georgia, 1865
Courtship by correspondence, 1866-68
Railroad agent, bookkeeper, farmer, store owner, conductor, doctor, 1868-78
"Coonbottom" to Quincy, 1878-89
Power, kinship, and murder, 1889-91
Epilogue : running from scandal
Appendix : Tomas L. Wragg poetry.
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