Research Catalog

Title

Lone Star Confederate : a gallant and good soldier of the 5th Texas Infantry / edited by George Skoch & Mark W. Perkins ; foreword by Robert K. Krick.

Author

Campbell, Robert, 1844-

Publication

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Skoch, George F.
• Perkins, Mark W., 1955-

Description

xxii, 163 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Only eighteen years old when he marched off to war, young Confederate Robert Campbell already possessed the keen, perceptive eye of a seasoned journalist. After fighting with the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade, Campbell recorded the first months of his service for the benefit of future generations of his family.

Series Statement

Texas A & M University military history series ; 84

Uniform Title

Texas A & M University military history series 84.

Subject

• Campbell, Robert, 1844-
• Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 5th
• 1861-1865
• Soldiers > Texas > Biography
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate
• Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
• Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
• United States > History > Regimental histories > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Texas > History > Regimental histories. > Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives – Confederate

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Enlistment -- Yorktown -- Seven Pines -- Joining Jackson -- The Seven Days battles -- "Camp Thunder and Lightning" -- Road to Manassas -- Second Manassas -- Recovery -- Letters & other writings -- Muster roll entries for Robert Campbell.

ISBN

1585442380 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002014491

OCLC

• 50606385
• SCSB-13257575

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library