A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Civil War Memoirs of Private David Holt
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807119814 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Holt in describing the experiences of the ordinary soldier." -- Journal of Southern History"The appearance of this delightful memoir should be a cause for celebration among all those who love the extraordinary men who bore the burden of war." -- Blue and Gray"One of the most evocative and engrossing soldier narratives to be published in a long while. Private Holt tells his story with clarity and humor, relating both the amusing anecdotes and the full horror that was the American Civil War." -- Civil War"Though num
Thomas D. Michael B. Ballard, coordinator of the Congressional and Political Research Center at the Mississippi State University Library, is the author of several books, including Civil War Mississippi: A Guide.. Cockrell is a professor of history at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Mississippi
Born the eighth child in a wealthy Mississippi plantation family in 1843, David Eldred Holt joined Company K of the 16th Mississippi Regiment in 1861 and served in the Eastern theater throughout the Civil War. This new edition has been expanded to include Holt's never-before-published diary entries from the last year of the war.. Late in his life, at a time when many former soldiers, both Union and Confederate, were reliving their memories of that event, Holt penned this memoir, recounting the idyllic life of an affluent southern boy before the war and the exhilarating, sometimes humorous, often terrifying experiences of a common soldier in camp and in battle
Rion Smith said Great story! I can't believe the story of this. Oh my Gosh! I didn't realize this was a memoire! I thought it was a kids picture book so I took it to my kindergarten class and decided (when I realized what it was) to read it to them anyway. Great story! I can't believe the story of this guy, amazing. He was a painter, a poet, and was ahead of his time with his technological prowess. Influenced the making of the first telephone and blimps. Pretty cool.. One of the best books I've ever read Holt really conveys the attitudes, feelings, deep convictions, and courage displayed by those who fought in the war. (Not only on the Rebel side, but also on the Yankee side.) He also goes into some of the other reasons besides slavery, that caused the South to secede. Very well written and extremely interesting. It makes you feel as if you're right beside Holt following him as they go down in history. Also shows how life for the Confederate soldier was awful. "Holt takes you with him through the war" according to mcutley@yahoo.com. Holt's memoirs are entertaining as well as informative. This book becomes hard to put down as you read. Very good details of life in the Army of Northern Virginia. He gives the "personal" side of the war so often left out by other memoirs. Reading this book was like having Holt tell you the story himself. Excellent.