Author: A. D. Betts
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781479240227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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This volume contains the experiences of Reverend A. D. Betts during his time as a chaplian in the 30th North Carolina Troops, Confederate, during the Civil War

Author: Alexander Davis Betts
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: William Thomas Venner
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476662401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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At the outbreak of the Civil War, the men of the 30th North Carolina rushed to join the regiment, proclaiming, "we will whip the Yankees, or give them a right to a small part of our soil--say 2 feet by 6 feet." Once the Tar Heels experienced combat, their attitudes changed. One rifleman recorded: "We came to a Yankee field hospital ... we moved piles of arms, feet, hands." By 1865, the unit's survivors reflected on their experiences, wondering "when and if I return home--will I be able to fit in?" Drawing on letters, journals, memoirs and personnel records, this history follows the civilian-soldiers from their mustering-in to the war's final moments at Appomattox. The 30th North Carolina had the distinction of firing at Abraham Lincoln on July 12, 1864, as the president stood upon the ramparts of Ft. Stevens outside Washington, D.C., and firing the last regimental volley before the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Author: John Wesley Brinsfield
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865549647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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"In this work, many of the Confederate chaplains write that they opposed secession and submitted to it only when war was inevitable. Moreover, some of the ministers who became chaplains were active in ministry to black slaves. They spoke out against the neglect and abuse of those held in bondage both before and during the war."--Jacket.

Author: J. Boone Bartholomees
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570032202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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The staff system of the Army of Northern Virginia demonstrates one of the peculiar traits of the Civil War. That war occurred on a cusp of military history - it had elements both ancient and modern, and it reflected the struggle of soldiers trying to reconcile the two. Civil War military institutions had their roots firmly planted in the traditions and doctrine of the past while they confronted modern problems. The story of the disconnection between linear tactics that would have been recognizable to either Alexander or Frederick the Great and deadly rifled muskets is familiar. The story of ill-trained and ill-prepared staffs trying to coordinate all the intricate details of a vast, semimodern army operating in a huge theater of war with doctrine and procedures that would soon be if they were not already outmoded is less familiar. That is the story of staff work in the Army of Northern Virginia.

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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: John Page Nicholson
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068

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Author: John B. Cameron
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476683263
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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The 30th North Carolina Infantry was involved in most of the major battles in Virginia from the Seven Days through the surrender at Appomattox, and saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War. Two-thirds of these men volunteered early; the others were enlisted at the point of a bayonet. Their casualty rate was high, the rate of death from disease was higher and the desertion and AWOL rate was higher still. What was the war actually like for these men? What was their economic status? To what extent were they involved in the institution of slavery? What were their lives like in the Army? What did they believe they were fighting for and did those views change over time? This book answers those questions and depicts Civil War soldiers as they were, rather than as appendages to famous generals or symbols of myth. It focuses on the realities of the men themselves, not their battles. In addition to the author's personal collection of letters and other contemporary records, it draws upon newly discovered letters, diaries, memoirs, census records, and published works.

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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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