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Welcome the Hour of Conflict: William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama
University of Alabama Press, 2007 Cloth: 978-0-8173-1521-4 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5786-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8173-8143-1 Library of Congress Classification E551.5 9th.M33 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7461092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Vivid and lively letters from a young Confederate in Lee’s Army
In the Spring of 1861, a 22-year-old Alabamian did what many of his friends and colleagues were doing—he joined the Confederate Army as a volunteer. The first of his family to enlist, William Cowan McClellan, who served as a private in the 9th Alabama Infantry regiment, wrote hundreds of letters throughout the war, often penning for friends who could not write home for themselves. In the letters collected in John C. Carter’s volume, this young soldier comments on his feelings toward his commanding officers, his attitude toward military discipline and camp life, his disdain for the western Confederate armies, and his hopes and fears for the future of the Confederacy. See other books on: Campaigns | Confederate States of America | Conflict | Personal narratives | Soldiers See other titles from University of Alabama Press |
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