From that terrible field: Civil War letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers PDF
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From That Terrible Field : Civil War Letters title: of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers author: Williams, James M.; Folmar, John Kent publisher: University of Alabama Press isbn10 | asin: 0817300686 print isbn13: 9780817300685 ebook isbn13: 9780585140858 language: English Williams, James M.,--1837-1903, Confederate States of America.--Army.-- Alabama Regiment Infantry, 21st.-- subject Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental hi publication date: 1981 lcc: E551.5 21st.W54 1981eb ddc: 973.7/82 Williams, James M.,--1837-1903, Confederate States of America.--Army.-- Alabama Regiment Infantry, 21st.-- subject: Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental hi Page i From That Terrible Field Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers "I call this poor camp home, and I hail it with joy again! I marched away from it to the battlefield of Shiloh, and it seemed like home when I came back from that terrible field, weary, wet, and heart-sick . . ." Page ii Lt. Col. James M. Williams, Mobile, March 1864 Page iii From That Terrible Field Civil War Letters of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers Edited by John Kent Folmar The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa & London Page iv Copyright © 1981 by The University of Alabama Press Box 870380 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 4 5 6 7 8 9 02 01 00 99 98 97 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Williams, James M 18371903. From that terrible field. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Williams, James M., 18371903. 2. Alabama Infantry. 21st Reg., 18611865Biography. 3. United StatesHistoryCivil War, 18611865Personal narra- tivesConfederate side. 4. United StatesHistory Civil War, 18611865Regimental historiesAlabama Infantry21st. I. Folmar, John Kent, 1932- II. Title. E551.5 21st.W54 1981 973.7´82 [B] 80-27672 ISBN 0-8173-0068-6 AACR1 Page v To Mother Page vii Contents Maps and Illustrations viii Preface ix Introduction xi I 1 Hall's Mill, Fort Gaines, and Camp Memminger: October 19, 1861February 28, 1862 II 43 Fort Pillow, Shiloh, and Corinth: March 7May 18, 1862 III 80 Tupelo: June 1July 22, 1862 IV 101 Fort Morgan, Choctaw Bluff, and Oven Bluff: August 13, 1862November 27, 1863 V 126 Fort Powell, Mobile Defenses, Spanish Fort, and Cuba Station: January 24, 1864May 10, 1865 Notes 160 Bibliography 180 Index 182 Page viii Maps and Illustrations Lt. Col. James M. Williams: Mobile, March 1864 frontispiece Lizzy and James: 1860 xii Mobile Bay Area 2 Northeastern Mississippi and Western Tennessee 2 Mobile's Lower Bay Defenses 8283 Map of Alabama 109 Lt. Col. James M. Williams: Aug. 24, 1863 121 Bombardment of Fort Powell 127 Letter from Williams, July 23, 1864 133 Battle of Mobile Bay 138 Explosion and Ruins of Fort Powell 139 Defenses of the City of Mobile 142
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