The papers of Randolph Abbott Shotwell
By: edited by J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, with the collaboration of Rebecca Cameron.
Contributors: Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961 ed.; Cameron, Rebecca. ed.
Series: Publications of the North Carolina historical commission; Publications of the State Department of Archives and History; Library of American civilization -- LAC 22277-78.
Publisher: The North Carolina historical commission
Published: 1929
Place of publication: Raleigh
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Virginia Infantry Regiment, 8th; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
Genres: Personal narratives, Confederate.
Other titles: "Three Years in Battle," the autobiography of Randolph Abbott Shotwell
First sentence: "Three Years in Battle and Three in Federal Prisons"  Part I.

"A narrative of escape from Yankeedom to Dixie in 1861; scenes in Washington City after the stampede at Bull Run;..."
Description: Randolph Abbott Shotwell started the Ashville Citizen in 1869, but it is the years before that which are the most fascinating.  In 1858, his family moved to Rutherfordton, NC.  When the Civil War broke out,  Randolph Abbott Shotwell pledged to join the first Confederate forces with which he came into contact.  Thus, he came to join the Eighth Virginia, commanded by Colonel Eppa Hunton.  In 1864, he was captured on the eve of the battle of Cold Harbor and thus spent the rest of the war as a prisoner.  When the war ended, he came back to N.C.  Like many of his time, he was familiar with the KKK.  It is said that he was convicted of utterly false testimony of Klan activities.  His Papers are mainly about his years in prison after this wrongful conviction.  Later, he was pardoned by President Ulysses Grant.
Notes: "The first part ... is made up of a portion of a manuscript ... a considerable part of which appeared in the 'Farmer and mechanic' [Raleigh, N. C. ]"--Introd.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 2 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 22277-78)

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