Bluegrass Confederate : the headquarters diary of Edward O. Guerrant /

Bluegrass Confederate : the headquarters diary of Edward O. Guerrant /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guerrant, Edward O. (Edward Owings), 1838-1916.
Imprint:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1999.
Description:	x, 716 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Guerrant, Edward O. -- (Edward Owings), -- 1838-1916 -- Diaries. Guerrant, Edward O. -- (Edward Owings), -- 1838-1916 Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, 4th. Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, 4th. American Civil War (1861-1865) Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries. Military operations, Cavalry. Soldiers. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations. Kentucky. Tennessee. United States. United States -- Confederate States of America. United States -- Shenandoah River Valley. Diaries. History. Personal narratives. Personal narratives -- Confederate.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4115839

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Other authors / contributors:	Davis, William C., 1946- Swentor, Meredith, 1969-
ISBN:	0807124117 (cl. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1.. Off to the War
2.. A Rude Awakening
3.. War at Last
4.. Friends and Rumors
5.. Waiting and Watching from Afar
6.. Kentucky at Last
7.. Alarms and Frustrations
8.. A Winter of Discontent
9.. Kentucky Again?
10.. A Change of Season
11.. Off to Richmond
12.. Westward Ho!
13.. Living in a Cage
14.. Another Campaign at Last
15.. The East Tennessee Campaign
16.. The Battle of Big Creek
17.. Taking Leave
18.. Hungry and Waiting in East Tennessee
19.. Marching Back to Virginia
20.. The Spring Campaigns Begin
21.. "Good If True!"
22.. The Battles at Mt. Sterling and Cynthiana
23.. The Hot Summer Doldrums
24.. The End of John Hunt Morgan
25.. Holding on in Tennessee
26.. The Battle of Saltville, Virginia
27.. Preparing for an Unknown Fall Campaign
28.. Into the Valley
29.. Hurry Up and Wait!
30.. Marching Out of the Valley
31.. Defending Saltville Again and the Battle of Marion, Virginia
32.. Christmas 1864
33.. A New Year and a Welcome Furlough
34.. Back to the Brigade
35.. Mounting Tension and Disillusionment
36.. Merciless Conscription
37.. The Beginning of the End
38.. "It Is Finished"
Epilogue: From the "History"
Appendix. Selected Additional Correspondence
Index