The 16th Mississippi Infantry
Subtitle: Civil War letters and reminiscences
By: compiled and edited by Robert G. Evans.
Contributors: Evans, Robert G., 1949-
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 16th; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Correspondence; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Diaries; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Biography; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Genres: Correspondence.; Diaries.; Biography.; Personal narratives.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Other titles: Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry
Description: "They fought in the Shenandoah campaign that blazed Stonewall Jackson's reputation. They fought in the Seven Days' Battles and at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, in the Wilderness campaign, and at Spotsylvania. At the surrender they were beside General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. From the beginning of the war to its very end the men of the Sixteenth Mississippi endured.".

"The words of these common soldiers fighting in one of the most notable units in the Army of Northern Virginia will fascinate both civil war buffs and historians.".

"Gathered and available here for the first time, the writings in this anthology include diary entries, letters, and reminiscences from average Mississippi men who fought in the war's most extraordinary battles. Chronologically arranged, the documents depict the pace and progress of the war. Emerging from their words are flesh-and-blood soldiers who share their courage and spirit, their love of home and family, and their loneliness, fears, and campaign trials."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-351) and index.