Research Catalog

Title

"A fit representation of pandemonium" : East Tennessee Confederate soldiers in the campaign for Vicksburg / William D. Taylor.

Author

Taylor, William D., 1948-2007.

Publication

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 558 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Confederate States of America. Army > Military life
• Confederate States of America. Army
• 1861-1865
• Soldiers > Tennessee, East > Biography
• Soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography
• Armed Forces > Military life
• Social aspects
• Soldiers
• Vicksburg, Mississippi > Siege, 1863
• Vicksburg (Miss.) > History > Siege, 1863
• Vicksburg (Miss.) > History > Siege, 1863 > Personal narratives, Confederate
• Vicksburg (Miss.) > History > Social aspects. > Siege, 1863
• Tennessee, East > Biography
• Tennessee, East > History > Social aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States > History > Social aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate
• Mississippi > Vicksburg
• East Tennessee
• United States
• United States > Confederate States of America
• United States, Tennessee > Military history > Personal narratives, Confederate. > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States > Military history > Personal narratives, Confederate. > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States, Mississippi, Warren, Vicksburg > Military history > Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies.
• History.
• Personal narratives – Confederate.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-528) and index.

Contents

Prologue: "Gaunt, sallow-faced East Tennesseans" -- "Till my country is freed from the darkee lords of Lincoln" (November-December 1862) -- "The country is so poor you can hear it groan at night" (January) -- "How ungrateful the citizens of Vicksburg are to the Tennesseans defending their firesides for them" (February) -- "Hard living and sacrifice will not divert us from our duty" (March) -- "Our men don't ask the Yanks any odds" (April) -- "Fixing up our contraptions for a Yankee hunt" (1-15 May) -- "The battle rages with much violence on both sides" (16 May) -- "Who can appreciate a moment of such extreme solitude?" (17 May) -- "The hardships and privations of the men were beyond description (18-31 May) -- "There is no romance to the actors" (1-15 June) -- "The siege drags its weary length along" (16-30 June) -- "We held a terrible foe 48 days on 12-days' rations (July) -- Appendix A: The Vicksburg garrison -- Appendix B: Identified East Tennessee Confederate soldiers who died in the vicinity of Vicksburg during the campaign -- Appendix C: Identified East Tennessee Confederate dead during the Vicksburg Campaign -- Appendix D: 372 identified East Tennessee Confederate dead during the Vicksburg Campaign.

ISBN

• 9780881460346
• 0881460346

LCCN

2007022568

OCLC

• ocn144547560
• 144547560
• SCSB-1479411

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library