The spirits of bad men made perfect : the life and diary of Confederate artillerist William Ellis Jones /

The spirits of bad men made perfect : the life and diary of Confederate artillerist William Ellis Jones /

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Author / Creator:Jones, Constance Hall, 1964-
Imprint:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource (260 pages)
Language:English
Series:Engaging the Civil War
Engaging the Civil War.
Subject:
Jones, William Ellis, -- 1838-1910.
Jones, Thomas Norcliffe, -- 1800-1864.
Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Virginia Artillery. -- Crenshaw's Battery -- Biography.
Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Virginia Artillery. -- Crenshaw's Battery.
Soldiers -- Virginia -- Diaries.
Military campaigns.
Regimental histories.
Soldiers.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States.
Virginia.
Virginia -- Richmond.
Personal Narrative
Biographies.
Diaries.
History.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13541810
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Life and diary of Confederate artillerist William Ellis Jones
ISBN:9780809337620
0809337622
9780809337613
0809337614
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 30, 2019)
Summary:"The centerpiece of the book is the Civil War diary of William Ellis Jones, of Richmond, Virginia, who enlisted as an artillerist in Crenshaw's Battery, Army of Northern Virginia, just as the Confederate Conscription Act was coming into effect. Beyond the military interest, however, a thorough investigation into the diary's author."--Provided by publisher
Other form:Print version: Jones, Constance Hall, 1964- Spirits of bad men made perfect. Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020] 9780809337613
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude to soldiering
  • Stumbling in the shadows of giants
  • Before Dixie
  • A true Virginian
  • Prelude to war
  • The Civil War diary of William Ellis Jones, of Richmond, Virginia
  • Part 1. First muster at Richmond through maneuvers around Fredericksburg, Virginia. March 14-May 23, 1862
  • Part 2. The Peninsula Campaign. May 24-July 28, 1862
  • Part 3. March to join Jackson and on to Second Manassas. July 29-September 1, 1862
  • Part 4. On to Maryland, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam. September 2-20, 1862
  • Part 5. Meandering toward Fredericksburg. September 21-December 14, 1862
  • Part 6. March to winter quarters. December 15-31, 1862
  • A strange and severe life
  • The spirits of bad men made perfect
  • Appendix.

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