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050 00 $aCT275.S52417$bA4 1996
082 00 $a973.7/82$220
245 04 $aThe Death of a Confederate :$bselections from the letters of the Archibald Smith family of Roswell, Georgia, 1864-1956 /$cedited by Arthur N. Skinner & James L. Skinner.
260 $aAthens :$bUniversity of Georgia Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axlviii, 296 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.
520 $aSpanning nearly a century, the letters in this collection revolve around a central event in the history of a southern family: the death of the eldest son owing to sickness contracted during service in the Confederate Army. The letters reveal a slaveowning family with keen interests in art, music, and nature and an unshakable belief in their religion and the Confederate cause - despite the sorrows, shortages, and inflation that plagued them during and after the war.
520 8 $aA brief history of the Smith family through 1863 begins the correspondence, while the letters following the war reveal their fortitude in the face of William's death and their life under Reconstruction. The volume concludes with selected letters from the subsequent generation of Smiths, who conjure images of the Old South and revive the memory of William.
520 8 $aLike the most distinguished Civil War-era letter collections, The Death of a Confederate introduces a personal dimension to its story that is often lost in histories of this sweeping event.
600 10 $aSmith, Archibald,$d1801-1886$xFamily$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aSmith family$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aRoswell (Ga.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
651 0 $aGeorgia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate.
700 1 $aSkinner, Arthur N.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95118693
700 1 $aSkinner, James L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006021541
852 00 $boff,glx$hCT275.S52417$iA4 1996