Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-405) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preparing for war : Alabama to Richmond, January 14-June 20, 1861 -- Waiting for the great battle : Richmond to Manassas, June 21-July 21, 1861, Manassas to Centreville, Virginia : July 22-September 21, 1861 -- Camp at Centreville, Virginia : September 27-December 31, 1861 -- The road to the Peninsula : January 8-March 24, 1862 -- The Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles : March 25-July 27, 1862 -- The Second Battle of Manassas to Fredericksburg, Virginia : August 9-November 18, 1862 -- The Fredericksburg campaign : December 3, 1862-February 9, 1863 -- Chancellorsville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania : February 20-July 9, 1863 -- Orange, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia : August 22, 1863-October, 1864 -- Prison and home again : January 2-June 2, 1865 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : List of the letters -- Appendix B : 9th Alabama Regiment casualties/enlistment totals -- Appendix C : 9th Alabama Regiment officers and infantry assignments -- Appendix D : Pvt. William Cowan McClellan's military record -- Appendix E : 9th Alabama regimental roster for Companies F and H.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A collection of letters that reveal the attitude a common soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia had toward the day-to-day activity and progression of the war. This work includes appendixes that list the letters chronologically and offer the regimental roster, casualty/enlistment totals, and assignments.
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Title
Welcome the hour of conflict.
International Standard Book Number
9780817315214
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
McClellan, William Cowan,1839-1869., Correspondence.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Soldiers-- Alabama, Correspondence.
HISTORY.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Soldiers
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Alabama, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives.
Alabama, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories.
Virginia, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns.
Virginia, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives.