A Gunner in Lee's Army : The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter /

In May 1861, the prominent young Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Over the next four years he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908
Other Authors: Dozier, Graham T. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Carter, Thomas Henry, > 1831-1908.
Carter, Susan Roy, > 1834-1902.
Carter, Thomas Henry, > 1831-1908 > Correspondence.
Carter, Susan Roy, > 1834-1902 > Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Officers > Correspondence.
Soldiers.
Armed Forces > Officers.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Soldiers > Confederate States of America > Correspondence.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Artillery operations, Confederate.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Recits personnels.
Correspondance privee.
Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In May 1861, the prominent young Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Over the next four years he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than 100 revealing letters to his wife Susan about his service. This book presents Carter's letters, one of the best first-hand accounts of Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9781469618760

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