Title: The Civil War reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A. /
Authors: Bergeron, Arthur W.; Silas, 1825-1897.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Silas,; Confederate States of America.; Soldiers Louisiana Thibodaux Biography.; United States History Personal narratives, Confederate.; Louisiana History Personal narratives.; Thibodaux (La.) Biography.
Abstract: "Silas T. Grisamore was born in Indiana in 1825 and moved to Louisiana in 1846, settling first in Napoleonville and then in Thibodaux. He engaged in a variety of occupations but found most success as a merchant, selling goods from a flatboat that plied the waterways of the southern part of the state. When the Civil War began, Grisamore enlisted with the Lafourche Creoles, soon to become Company G of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. Because of his experience as a merchant, much of Grisamore's service during the war was as a quartermaster, first for the 18th Louisiana and later for an infantry brigade and an infantry division. After the war, Grisamore resettled in south Louisiana, where he wrote a series of reminiscences concerning his experiences and those of his fellow soldiers.^
Contents: Introduction -- The initial campaigns -- Garrison duty in Mississippi and Alabama -- To the Trans-Mississippi Department -- The final campaigns -- "Our officers".