The painful news I have to write
Subtitle: letters and diaries of four Hite brothers of Page County in the service of the Confederacy
By: compiled and edited by Harlan R. Jessup.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Butternut & Blue
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Hite family -- Correspondence.; Hite family -- Diaries.; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Page County -- Correspondence.; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Page County -- Diaries.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Page County (Va.) -- Biography.
Genres: Correspondence.; Diaries.; Personal narratives, Confederate.; Personal narratives.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Editor's Preface i; title: List of Maps and Photographs v; title: Introduction - The People and the Times; title: Chapter 1 - Hopeful Beginnings and First Blood 7; title: Chapter 2 - John: Quiet Interlude 24; title: Chapter 3 - William: Recuperation and Relapse 45; title: Chapter 4 - The First Year Ends 64; title: Chapter 5 - Winter, 1862 73; title: Chapter 6 - The Valley Campaign 93; title: Chapter 7 - Distant Battles and Yankees in the Valley 104; title: Chapter 8 - Winter and Spring, 1863 121; title: Chter 9 - Gettysburg 142; title: Chapter 10 - Homefront and Headquarters, 1863 and 1864 155; title: Chapter 11 - David: Declining Fortunes & a Third Fatal Blow165; title: Chapter 12 - W ar's End and Epilogue 176; title: Appendces 183; title: 189 <BR><BR>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns, Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Soldiers Virginia Page County Correspondence, Soldiers Virginia Page County Diaries, Hite family Correspondence, Hite family Diaries, Page County (Va, ) Biography.