Oh for Dixie!
Subtitle: the Civil War record and diary of Capt. William V. Davis, 30th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A.
By: compiled and edited by Joe and Lavon Ashley.
Contributors: Ashley, Joe.; Ashley, Lavon.
Publisher: Standing Pine Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Colorado Springs
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Davis, William Van, 1828-1884 -- Diaries.; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 30th.; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Diaries.; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Registers.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Mississippi -- Genealogy.
Genres: Diaries.; Registers.; Personal narratives, Confederate.; Genealogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Expect a hard fought battle (January 1862 to 27 July 1864); title: Macon RR cut, the Cause looks billious (28 July to 8 September 1864); title: Ten days truce with Sherman (9 September to 17 October 1864); title: We are off for Tennessee (18 October to 29 November 1864); title: Battle at night, get wounded & captured (30 November 1864 to 18 January 1865); title: Enter Nashville Hospital, have fears of starving (19 January to 6 March 1865); title: Leave for prison, exchanged (7 March to 9 April 1865); title: At my row's end, anxious to get home (10 April to 16 May 1865).