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Author:

Spence, Alexander E., d. 1864.

Title:

Getting used to being shot at : the Spence family Civil War letters / edited by Mark K. Christ.

Publisher:

University of Arkansas Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xx, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Spence, Alexander E.,--d. 1864--Correspondence.
Spence, Thomas F.,--d. 1864--Correspondence.
Spence family--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America.--Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 1st.--Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 1st.
Confederate States of America.--Arkansas Mounted Rifles, 2nd.--Arkansas Mounted Rifles, 2nd.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Arkadelphia (Ark.)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Spence, Thomas F., d. 1864.
Christ, Mark K.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: "The ball I expect will open before long": -- The First Arkansas in Virginia -- Chapter 2: "We had a very hard Fight": The Second Arkansas -- Mounted Rifles in the Trans-Mississippi -- Chapter 3: "Until endurance ceased to be a virtue ": -- Shiloh and Corinth -- Chapter 4: "Two faces we shall never meet up with again ": -- Kentucky and Murfreesboro -- Chapter 5: "We gained a great Victory at Chickamauga ": -- Tullahoma to Ringgold Gap -- Chapter 6: "There has been some hard fighting": -- The Atlanta Campaign -- Chapter 7: "Now I shall have something to live for .": Franklin -- Epilogue: "Many painful reminiscences are connected" -- Appendix 1: The Poison Spring Letter -- Appendix 2: Thomas Spence's Eulogy -- Appendix 3: Solomon's Spence's Obituary -- Appendix 4: The Places They Fought -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9781557287267 (cloth : alk. paper)
1557287260 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48817213

LCCN:

2002000241

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)