Dear old Roswell
Subtitle: Civil War letters of the King family of Roswell, Georgia
By: edited by T.H. Galloway.
Contributors: Galloway, Tammy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: King, Barrington S. d. 1865 -- Correspondence.; King family -- Correspondence.; Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion -- Biography.; Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Roswell (Ga.) -- Biography.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; Roswell (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.; Biography.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Description: "The King family, spread between Roswell, Georgia, and Virginia, faced the perils of the Civil War on different fronts. These correspondences ... cover Barrington S. King, a lieutenant colonel in Cobb's Legion, [leaving] his home in Georgia to fight in Virginia. On the other end of the correspondence are his father, mother, and young son in Roswell. Between Barrington and the family is his devoted wife, Bessie, who followed her husband to Virginia and traveled between the front and Roswell periodically, providing a woman's view"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-140) and index.