On Rising Ground: The Life and Civil War Letters of John M. Douthit, 52nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. - Couverture rigide

Palencia, Elaine Fowler

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ISBN 10 : 0881467669 ISBN 13 : 9780881467666

Editeur : Mercer University Press, 2021

Synopsis

When John M. Douthit of Appalachian Georgia enlisted as a private in Fannin County's 52nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment on March 4, 1862 and marched with neighbors to train at Camp McDonald, he left behind a pregnant wife, an eighteen-month-old daughter, and a small farm. A precious cache of family letters traces him to eastern Tennessee, where he served south of Cumberland Gap; through the failed Confederate invasion of Kentucky; on the march to join Bragg's forces near Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and finally, to the defense of Vicksburg, where John and his fellow North Georgians arrived during the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. At Vicksburg, where John's younger brother Warren Davis Douthit joined him, five North Georgia regiments solidified into what became known as the Barton-Stovall Brigade. The Brigade manned the water batteries at Warrenton, Mississippi, fought in the Battle of Champion Hill, and afterward was bottled up in the siege of Vicksburg.

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À propos de l?auteur

An award-winning writer and freelance editor, Elaine Fowler Palencia grew up in Kentucky and Tennessee. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, she has authored six books of fiction; four poetry chapbooks; and a monograph, The Literary Heritage Of Hindman Settlement School. She is the book review editor of Pegasus, the journal of the Kentucky State Poetry Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mercer University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0881467669
• ISBN 13: 9780881467666
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
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