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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 47 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Civil War America ; |
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Carter, Thomas Henry.
Civil War America. Spoken word ;
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Joe Barrett, Lloyd James. |
| Summary |
In May 1861, Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate Army. Over the next four years, he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than one hundred revealing letters to his wife, Susan, about his service. His interactions with prominent officers-including Lee, Jubal A. Early, John B. Gordon, Robert E. Rodes, and others-come to life in Carter's astute comments about their conduct and personalities. Combining insightful observations on military operations, particularly of the Battles of Antietam and Spotsylvania Court House and the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, with revealing notes on the home front and the debate over the impressment and arming of slaves, Carter's letters are particularly interesting because his writing is not overly burdened by the rhetoric of the southern ruling class. Here, Graham Dozier offers the definitive edition of Carter's letters, meticulously transcribed and carefully annotated. This impressive collection brings to light Carter's unvarnished opinions of the people and events that shaped his wartime experience, shedding new light on Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908 -- Correspondence.
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence.
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Carter, Susan Roy, 1834-1902 -- Correspondence.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Artillery operations, Confederate.
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Barrett, Joe. Narrator.
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James, Lloyd.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982500580 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982500581 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT11186043 |
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