Title: Confederate engineer
Description: "Compared with generals or even foot soldiers, relatively little is known about the role played by engineers during the Civil War. This first study of Confederate engineering in more than forty years combines biography with a comprehensive overview of the profession to present the life and accomplishments of one talented individual.".

"John Morris Wampler was a topographical engineer in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and eventually became chief engineer of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Based on extensive use of Wampler's unpublished correspondence and journals, the biography follows his experiences before hostilities and then during the war in both major theaters. It also draws on the writings of his wife, Kate, to show how she struggled to hold their family together during the fighting.

The combination of both the husband and wife's perspectives on the war makes this treatment unique."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee, Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers, Engineering and construction, History, Military engineers, Transportation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, Confederate states of america, army
Places: Confederate States of America, United States
People: John Morris Wampler (1830-1863)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865