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The Quaker sergeant's war : the Civil War diary of sergeant David M. Haworth, third Tennessee infantry USA

Title
The Quaker sergeant's war : the Civil War diary of sergeant David M. Haworth, third Tennessee infantry USA / edited by Gene Allen.
Author
Haworth, David M.
Publication
  • Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
Allen, Gene
Description
xii, 119 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"The Civil War posed a dilemma for American Quaker, who hated slavery as much as they abhorred violence. Fighting for the Confederacy was unthinkable. ... Faced with conscription into the Confederate army, David Haworth, two of his brothers, and a group of friends walked from their homes in East Tennessee into Kentucky, moving by night to avoid Confederate patrols. Arriving in London, Kentucky, they enlisted in the Union army as part of the Third Tennessee Infantry. David kept a diary throughout the Civil War, recounting the unit's participation in numerous encounters ..."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Haworth, David M., born 1842
  • United States. Army. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, 3rd (1862-1865) > History
  • United States. Army. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, 3rd (1862-1865)
  • 1800-1899
  • Quakers > 19th century
  • Quakers
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index.
ISBN
  • 0875657257
  • 9780875657257
OCLC
  • on1099999750
  • SCSB-9687493
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library