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Rebel Watchdog : The Confederate States Army Provost Guard
author
:
Radley, Kenneth.
publisher
:
Louisiana State University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0807121738
print isbn13
:
9780807121733
ebook isbn13
:
9780585318721
language
:
English
subject
Confederate States of America.--Army--Military police, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
publication date
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1989
lcc
:
UB825.U54R33 1989eb
ddc
:
973.7/42
subject
:
Confederate States of America.--Army--Military police, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Rebel Watchdog
The Confederate States Army Provost Guard
Kenneth Radley
Page iv
Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Copyright 1989 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Louisiana Paperback Edition, 1997 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2 1 Designer: Barbara Werden Typeface: Linotron Times Roman Typesetter: The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printer: Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Radley, Kenneth, 1943 Rebel watchdog:the Confederate States Army provost guard/Kenneth Radley. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8071-1468-5 (cloth) ISBN 0-8071-2173-8 (pbk.) 1. Confederate States of America. ArmyMilitary police. 2. United StatesHistoryCivil War, 18611865. I. Title UB825.U54R33 1989 973.7'42dc19 88-30338 CIP
The author is grateful to Doubleday and Company for permission to quote from William C. Davis, The Orphan Brigade (1980), and to Kraus Reprints for permission to quote from the Southern Historical Society Papers. Passages are reprinted by permission of the University of South Carolina Press from A Carolinian Goes to War: The Civil War Narrative of Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General, C.S.A., edited by R. Lockwood Tower.
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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In memory of the officers and men of the Confederate States Army Provost Guard
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If we only act for ourselves to neglect the study of history is not prudent; if we are entrusted with the care of others it is not just. Samuel Johnson
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Contents
Abbreviations
xiii
Preface
xv
Introduction
1
1 Genesis
4
2 What Manner of Men Are These?
13
3 A Matter of Organization
33
4 The Duty of the Provost
49
5 There Will Be Discipline
54
6 Provost Judge, Provost Jailer
64
7 Passports: Ubiquitous and Effective
74
8 Stragglers: The Artful Dodgers
102
9 Let Me Lament the Exodus
145
10 Take Charge of All Prisoners
164
11 The Provost Marshal's Law
178
12 Do Your Duty in All Things
200
13 The Paths of Glory
218
14 Good Men and Bad
233
15 Finis
246
Appendix I: Provost Personnel
255
Appendix II: Units on Provost Duty
290
Bibliography
311
Index
327
Page xi
Illustrations
following page
109
Figures
Colonel (Brigadier General) Benjamin Jefferson Hill
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