Thomas L Hardin

The Hour of Our Nation's Agony

• Author(s): William Cowper Nelson

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2007
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• Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

The Hour of Our Nation's Agony offers a revealing look into the life of a Confederate soldier as he is transformed by the war. Through these literate, perceptive, and illuminating letters, readers can trace Lt. William Cowper Nelson's evolution from an idealistic young soldier to a battle-hardened veteran. Nelson joined the army at the age of nineteen, leaving behind a close-knit family in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He served for much of the war in the Third Corps of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. By the end of the conflict, Nelson had survived many major battles, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness, as well as the long siege of Petersburg....

U.S. Army Register

• Author(s): United States Department of the Army

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1961
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Journal

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House

• Categories: United States

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1844
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Official Army and Air Force Register

• Author(s): United States. Adjutant-General's Office

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1960
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Kentucky

• Author(s): William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin, G. S. Kniffin

• Categories: Adair County (Ky.)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1887
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• Publisher: Unknown

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