Blood & sacrifice
Subtitle: the Civil War journal of a Confederate soldier
By: edited by Richard A. Baumgartner.
Contributors: Baumgartner, Richard A.
Publisher: Blue Acorn Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Huntington, W. Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Chambers, William Pitt, -- 1839-1916; Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 46th; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Other titles: Blood and sacrifice
Description: Between March 1862 and May 1865, Mississippian William Pitt Chambers kept a journal of his infantry service during the War Between the States. Having been a school teacher for several years prior to enlistment, he was blessed with writing ability not typical of the majority of his Southern comrades, and used this talent to record observations and experiences while fighting in the ranks of two different Confederate armies. Belonging to Company B, 46th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, Chambers served more than two years as a sergeant, as well as sergeant major and acting adjutant of his regiment. Physical and spiritual strength derived from deep religious convictions and belief in the Confederacy's ideals helped him through many trying ordeals, especially in dealing with the battlefield deaths of friends and his own wounding in the battle of Allatoona, Ga., on October 5, 1864. While his account provides an open window to the hopes, dreams and fears of one Confederate enlisted man, it also chronicles nearly the entire history of his company and regiment through three years of daily life in camp, on the march and in battles fought in Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama.-- Inside jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.