Words and memories of Mississippi men who fought the major campaigns of the Civil War
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xvii
The Writers
xxi
``A common enthusiasm and eagerness for the fray...''
3
(9)
``What the Yankees don't kill will die of disease...''
12
(20)
``We...fear no danger''
32
(20)
``...have you all winked out?''
52
(19)
``...deluded victims of Northern fanaticism...''
71
(13)
``...a regular war of extermination''
84
(16)
``...we swept everything before us''
100
(11)
``...a little town in Maryland''
111
(10)
``The valley is strewed with blue...''
121
(11)
``Everything wears such a cheering aspect...''
132
(14)
``...enough to make the Old Master weep''
146
(20)
``...a hard fight in Pennsylvania...''
166
(22)
``...not very pleasant work, but it has to be done''
188
(20)
``...we must take it the best we can''
208
(13)
``...the men wouldn't come to time''
221
(10)
``...we will have other fish to fry in a day or two''
231
(16)
``...the place received the appellation Bloody Bend''
247
(17)
``...a man cannot be too good to die for his home, his country''
264
(8)
``Mining and blowing up is all the talk...''
272
(11)
``...daily there was a list of casualties''
283
(10)
``. . . Fort Gregg will never be surrendered''
293
(11)
``. . . the loss of all---save honor''
304
(5)
Postscripts
309
(4)
Notes
313
(30)
Bibliography
343
(10)
Index
353
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