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Life in the Confederate Army: Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by Watson, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 0809442957
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442959
- Seller
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About This Item
NY: Time Life, 1983. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 456 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. In 1861 William Watson, a native Scot who had established himself as a Louisiana businessman, enlisted in the Confederate forces although still a British subject. In 1887 he penned his memoirs "to give", he said, "a simple narrative of my experience in a war campaign". Far from simple, Watson's work clearly and forcefully describes his experiences with the 3rd Louisiana infantry in battles at Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge while depicting the mundane aspects of camp life and providing delightful and colorful character sketches of fellow soldiers and officers, including the legendary General Ben McCulloch. But Watson offers much more than the story of a soldier's life. He also provides an excellent depiction of southern society undergoing the crisis of secession and the tumultuous early years of the Civil War. Record # 372354
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 372354
- Title
- Life in the Confederate Army: Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
- Author
- Watson, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0809442957
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442959
- Publisher
- Time Life
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- History, American, , .
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- History;
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