Data Portal @ linkeddatafragments.org

Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008185684/catalog> ?p ?o. }

• catalog abstract ""In 1862 Private Grant Taylor of the 40th Alabama Infantry regiment began writing home to his wife Malinda. Thus started an almost three year correspondence of some one hundred and sixty letters of one rural Alabama family that chronicle the American Civil War." "Neither a slave-holder nor a secessionist, thirty-four year old Taylor reluctantly went to war with his neighbors when faced with the Confederate draft and its stigma. His writings contain few exclamations of support for the Confederacy or expressions of patriotism, and as the conflict went on, his morale only declined. Taylor's early letters deal with topics like the vain attempt to secure a substitute and accounts of local men maiming themselves to avoid military service. These incidents offset romanticized legends about the eagerness of some Southerners to fight the Yankees. Throughout, Taylor tells a grim solider's story of hard marching, short rations, inadequate clothing, illness, and the constant fears of being wounded or killed in battle." "Some thirty-two of Malinda Taylor's own letters to her husband are part of this invaluable correspondence. Her letters offer a rich source on what the war did to Southern yeoman society. She records the problems of running the family farm and caring for their young children often on her own. Malinda gained self-reliance that made her husband uneasy. Despite all their trials, the Taylors remained a loving couple not afraid to express their feelings for each other."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11385024.
• catalog contributor b11385025.
• catalog contributor b11385026.
• catalog contributor b11385027.
• catalog coverage "Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
• catalog coverage "Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
• catalog coverage "Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Biography.".
• catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate.".
• catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""In 1862 Private Grant Taylor of the 40th Alabama Infantry regiment began writing home to his wife Malinda. Thus started an almost three year correspondence of some one hundred and sixty letters of one rural Alabama family that chronicle the American Civil War."".
• catalog description ""Neither a slave-holder nor a secessionist, thirty-four year old Taylor reluctantly went to war with his neighbors when faced with the Confederate draft and its stigma. His writings contain few exclamations of support for the Confederacy or expressions of patriotism, and as the conflict went on, his morale only declined. Taylor's early letters deal with topics like the vain attempt to secure a substitute and accounts of local men maiming themselves to avoid military service. These incidents offset romanticized legends about the eagerness of some Southerners to fight the Yankees. Throughout, Taylor tells a grim solider's story of hard marching, short rations, inadequate clothing, illness, and the constant fears of being wounded or killed in battle."".
• catalog description ""Some thirty-two of Malinda Taylor's own letters to her husband are part of this invaluable correspondence. Her letters offer a rich source on what the war did to Southern yeoman society. She records the problems of running the family farm and caring for their young children often on her own. Malinda gained self-reliance that made her husband uneasy. Despite all their trials, the Taylors remained a loving couple not afraid to express their feelings for each other."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 348 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "This cruel war.".
• catalog identifier "0865546541 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "This cruel war.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press,".
• catalog relation "This cruel war.".
• catalog spatial "Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
• catalog spatial "Alabama History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
• catalog spatial "Alabama".
• catalog spatial "Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Biography.".
• catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate.".
• catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
• catalog subject "973.7/461/092 B 21".
• catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 40th Biography.".
• catalog subject "E551.5 40th .T39 1999".
• catalog subject "Soldiers Alabama Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "Taylor, Grant, 1828- Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "Taylor, Malinda J. Slaughter, 1833- Correspondence.".
• catalog title "This cruel war : the Civil War letters of Grant and Malinda Taylor, 1862-1865 / edited by Ann K. Blomquist and Robert A. Taylor.".
• catalog type "text".