Great Things are Expected of Us
| Author | : Cornelius Irvine Walker |
| Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781572336636 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1572336633 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (633 Downloads) |
Download or read book Great Things are Expected of Us written by Cornelius Irvine Walker and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of letters written by Colonel C. Irvine Walker of the 10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., to his fiance? during his service in the Civil War includes commentary on the campaigns in Tennessee and Kentucky in which his regiment participated. Among those mentioned in his letters are the battles of Chickamauga, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Shiloh and Spring Hill in Tennessee and the Battle of Mundfordville in Kentucky. Included in this volume are postwar corrections and commentary that Walker added when he had his letters transcribed decades after the war.
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