The hour of our nation's agony
Subtitle: the Civil War letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi
By: edited by Jennifer W. Ford.
Contributors: Ford, Jennifer W.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781572335677
Subjects: Nelson, William Cowper, -- 1841-1904 -- Correspondence; Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia. -- 3rd Corps; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia -- Military life; Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Correspondence; 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; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "A southern institution" : William C. Nelson and the University of Mississippi; title: Service with the 9th Mississippi Regiment, March 28-December 24, 1861; title: "In more active service" : the 17th Mississippi; title: "A long apprenticeship ... a little ease" : promotion to ordinance officer; title: Posey's Brigade; title: Crisis and culmination : the death of Carnot Posey and the bloody battles of 1864 and 1865; title: Epilogue : Appomattox, murder, and reconciliation : William C. Nelson's life after the war; title: Appendix : notes on Mississippi soldiers and politicians mentioned in the letters.