Title: The journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857-1878
First published: 1995
Description: Josiah Gorgas was best known as the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Born in 1818, he attended West Point, served in the US Army, and later, after marrying Amelia Gayle, daughter of a former Alabama governor, joined the Confederacy. After the Civil War he served as President of the University of Alabama until ill health forced him to resign. His journals, maintained between 1857 and 1878, reflect the family's economic successes and failures, detail the course of the South through the Civil War, and describe the ordeal of Reconstruction. Few journals cover such a sweep of history. An added dimension is the view of Victorian family life as Gorgas explored his feelings about aspects of parental responsibility and transmission of values to his children -- a rarely documented account from the male perspective. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Alabama Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate Personal narratives, Diaries, Generals, History, Personal narratives, Confederate, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gorgas, josiah, 1818-1925, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate, Alabama, history, Reconstruction
Places: Alabama, Confederate States of America, United States
People: Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E467.1.G68 A3 1995