Confederate Incognito: The Civil War Reports of ""Long Grabs,"" a.k.a. Murdoch John McSween, 26th and 35th North Carolina Infantry - Softcover

McSween, Murdoch John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786472103 ISBN 13: 9780786472109

Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2013

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Book by Murdoch John McSween EB Munson

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"valuable"--Civil War News; "valuable"--The NYMAS Review; "meticulous editing...Munson...carefully tracked down the elusive writer to positively establish his identity. This remarkable set of writings is a tribute to his dedication to accurately preserving the past"--Blue & Gray Magazine; "engaging"--North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal; "well-documented study"--The North Carolina Historical Review; "excellent...very well written and interesting...unique...recommend"--Civil War Courier; "We are so fortunate to have been introduced to Murdoch John McSween by the truly phenomenal research of a proficient historian, a modern day Sherlock Holmes, who kept digging through a myriad of sources, looking for data pertaining to 'Long Grabs, ' so that his story could be told. We appreciate the tremendous effort Mr. Munson made on our behalf to search for and gather this collection of letters and present them to us in such a scholarly, yet reader-friendly manner. It has been an honor to meet Mr. McSween, whose memory has been reborn due to the dedication of a skillful writer and some impeccable research. Thank you!"--The North Carolina Society of Historians

Reseña del editor:

Preferring anonymity, Murdoch John McSween wrote over 80 letters under the pseudonym ""Long Grabs"" to the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina), serving as their unofficial war correspondent. For the first two full years of the war, 1862-1863, he was a sometimes drill master at Camp Mangum, in Raleigh, and a wanderer among the regiments in North Carolina and Virginia. What he wrote was varied--the fighting in eastern North Carolina and at Fredericksburg and Petersburg in Virginia, the conditions of the soldiers, the hardships of the civilians, the history of places he visited, and biographical sketches such as that of Jefferson Davis. In 1863, based on certain promises made by Colonel Matt Ransom, McSween joined the 35th Regiment. A bitter dispute soon developed over those promises with the result that McSween was court-martialed and sentenced to twelve months at hard labor. Released, he joins the 26th Regiment and is twice wounded at the Battle of Petersburg. After the war, he returns to Fayetteville where he edits and publishes The Eagle newspaper.

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• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0786472103
• ISBN 13: 9780786472109
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 271
• Herausgeber: Munson E.B.