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A Borderland Confederate

A Borderland Confederate

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Paperback (15 Oct 1962)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book compiles the letters and Civil War diary of William Lyne Wilson, a confederate soldier who went on to become a state legislator, president of West Virginia University, and Postmaster General of the United States. Like many others from his region that would later became West Virginia, Wilson was torn between an allegiance to the confederacy, and the Unionist new-state movements. His writings are essentially a history of the War, from the John Brown incident through several major campaigns up to Appomattox. A private in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, Wilson participated in the Jackson campaign in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, William E. ("Grumble") Jones's campaign across the Alleghenies in 1863, and Jubal A. Early's Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864, among others. On the day of Appomattox, his brigade reached Lynchburg and on April 10, 1865 he entered the last line in his diary.

Book information

ISBN: 9780822983736
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1
Language: English
Number of pages: 148
Weight: 227g
Height: 224mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 13mm