To Succeed or Perish: The Diaries of Sergeant Edmund Trent Eggleston, Company G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment (Voices Of The Civil War) - Tapa dura

To Succeed or Perish (Hardcover)

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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. With the Conscription Act of 1862, the Confederacy enacted the first military draft in American history. Rather than face duty with strangers in an uncertain locale, twenty-eight-year-old Edmund Trent Eggleston of Warren County, Mississippi, took advantage of a thirty-day grace period and joined his neighbors in volunteering for duty in Company G of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment. Throughout his service, Eggleston kept a detailed account of his daily activities and those of his unit, a diary that remains one of the very few primary sources from a Confederatr artillerist in the West. In To Succeed or Perish, editors Lawrence Lee Hewitt, Thomas E. Schott, and Marc Kunis present Egglestons diaries, along with his letters and ledgers, to offer a rare personal perspective on life behind the cannos in the Civil Wars Western Theater and a fascinating window into the world of the Confederate soldier.Eggleston describes garrison duty near Vicksburg, where he enjoyed visits from his wife and children; the batterys first engagement with the enemy at Champion Hill on May 16, 1863; and his service during the 1864 campaigns in Georgia and Tennessee. He offers a significant firsthand account of the Atlanta campaign, including the fightins at Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, and theeChattahoochee River, as well as the siege of Atlanta. Because of the destruction of Hoods Army, Confederate records of these engagements are extremely rare, and Egglestons observations are invaluable. In Tennessee, he recounts the action at the Battle of Nashville and the capture of his battery.Featuring an introduction that traces the wartime actions of Company G as well as a complete roster of the men with whom Eggleston served, To Succeed or Perish provides an important primary account of artillery service in an underrepresented theater of the Civil War. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781621901228

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