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A different sort of Civil War diary. [M]ost intriguing . . . for it is the diary of a Confederate who spent most of his military service as a noncombatant . . . a soldier who was also an outspoken opponent of military life and war in general and of the Civil War in particular. Hiram Smith Williams was a native Northerner who moved to the South shortly before the war but enlisted as a private in the 40th Alabama Infantry. . . . This truly unique diary, which is enlivened by Williamss keen eye for detail, a certain literary flair, and his frank assessment of the Confederate army and cause, also includes extensive notes and a perceptive introduction.Civil War History
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This War So Horrible : The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith Williams
author
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Williams, Hiram Smith.; Wynne, Lewis Nicholas.; Taylor, Robert A.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817306420
print isbn13
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9780817306427
ebook isbn13
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9780585217765
language
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English
subject
Atlanta Campaign, 1864, Williams, Hiram Smith,--1833-1921--Diaries, Confederate States of America.--Army.--Corps of Engineers, Soldiers--Alabama--Diaries, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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E476.7.W55 1993eb
ddc
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973.7/378
subject
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864, Williams, Hiram Smith,--1833-1921--Diaries, Confederate States of America.--Army.--Corps of Engineers, Soldiers--Alabama--Diaries, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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This War So Horrible
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Hiram Smith Williams. From an 1862 steel engraving that appeared in The Coachmakers Magazine. By Jeanette Boughner
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This War So Horrible
The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith Williams
Edited by Lewis N. Wynne and Robert A. Taylor
The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa & London
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Copyright 1993 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Hiram Smith, 1833-1921. This war so horrible : the Civil War diary of Hiram Smith Williams / edited by Lewis N. Wynne and Robert A. Taylor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0642-0 1. Atlanta Campaign, 1864. 2. Williams, Hiram Smith, 18331921 Diaries. 3. Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers. 4. SoldiersAlabamaDiaries. 5. United States HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, Confederate. I. Wynne, Lewis Nicholas. II. Taylor, Robert A., 1958 III. Title. E476.7.W55 1993 973.7'378dc20 92-25867
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
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For Debra, Patrick, and Lisa Wynne Lewis N. Wynne
To the memory of Anna P. Hagymasi Robert A. Taylor
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Contents
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
1 From Mobile to Dalton February 16 to May 1, 1864
23
2 Prologue of the Great Battle May 7 to May 13, 1864
57
3 The Great Battle: Atlanta May 14 to June 19, 1864
67
4 Atlanta June 21 to September 1, 1864
95
5 Retreat from Atlanta September 2 to November 14, 1864
113
6 From Mobile to Point Lookout Prison January 29 to April 26, 1865
123
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7 Sayings of Madam Rumor April 10 to June 6, 1865
133
Notes
139
Bibliography
167
Index
171
Page ix
Maps
1 Dalton to Resaca February-May 1864
22
2 Resaca to Marietta May-June 1864
56
3 The Battle of Atlanta June-September 1864
94
4 Atlanta to Mobile September-November 1864
112
5 The Final Days January-June 1865
122
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Preface
The American Civil War has fascinated professional historians and the general public throughout the thirteen decades that have passed since the end of that great conflict. Hollywood probably has dedicated as many feet of film to this single topic as to any other, and authors have used the war as a vehicle for presenting a variety of plots, good and bad. Almost always, the war has been portrayed as a grand sweep of clashing armies, of heroic men and women, and of titanic struggles between competing moral issues. One idea has remained constant in all of these portrayals, and that is the idea that, above all else, the Civil War was a romantic epic in our history.
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