| Recollections of War Times: By an Old Veteran While Under Stonewall Jackson and Lieutenant General James Longstreet Contributor(s): McClendon, William Augustus (Author), Bohannon, Keith S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0817355863 ISBN-13: 9780817355869 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009030302 |
| Series: Seeing the Elephant: Southern Eyewitnesses to the Civil War |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recollections of War Times is a dramatically improved edition of William A. "Gus" McClendon's memoir of his service in the 15th Alabama Infantry. It has long been recognized among the rarest books by any veteran of the Army of Northern Virginia.Keith Bohannon has conducted relentless research that uncovered a gratifying array of new information about McClendon, as well as new photographs. The introduction based on that research might be a model for the genre, full of details acquired from arcane sources that throw new light on the subject. Bohannon's new exhaustive index also makes McClendon's memoir notably more accessible. "Gus" McClendon joined the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and served in many of the Eastern Theater engagements. More than fifty years later, he sent down his reminiscences, still an unreconstructed Southern patriot, although able to look back with some amusement on his younger self. |