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Thomas D. Duncan. Recollections of Thomas D. Duncan, a Confederate Soldier
Recollections of Thomas D. Duncan, a Confederate Soldier
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FOREWORD
DEDICATION
CHAPTER I. THE TOCSIN OF WAR
CHAPTER II. MOBILIZATION
CHAPTER III. HENRY AND DONELSON
CHAPTER IV. CORINTH AGAIN THE CENTER
CHAPTER V. STRANGE OUTCOME OF A FALSE ALARM
CHAPTER VI. SHILOH
CHAPTER VII. CORINTH AFTER SHILOH
CHAPTER VIII. BATTLE OF RIENZI
CHAPTER IX. MURFREESBORO AND KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF CORINTH
CHAPTER XI. WEST TENNESSEE
CHAPTER XII. MIDDLE TENNESSEE
CHAPTER XIII. PURSUIT OF THE STREIGHT RAIDERS
CHAPTER XIV. CHICKAMAUGA
CHAPTER XV. WEST TENNESSEE
CHAPTER XVI. GEN. “SOOEY” SMITH
CHAPTER XVII. FORT PILLOW
CHAPTER XVIII. A PERSONAL SORROW
CHAPTER XIX. BATTLE OF BRICE’S CROSS-ROADS
CHAPTER XX. HARRISBURG AND TUPELO, MISS
CHAPTER XXI. RAID INTO MEMPHIS
CHAPTER XXII. RAID INTO NORTH ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
CHAPTER XXIII. SULPHUR TRESTLE, ALA
CHAPTER XXIV. FOURTH INVASION OF WEST TENNESSEE
CHAPTER XXV. THE BEGINNING OF DARK DAYS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE LAST FLICKERING OF THE GREAT FLAME
CHAPTER XXVII. RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER XXVIII. AMERICANISM TRIUMPHANT
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Thomas D. Duncan
Published by Good Press, 2021
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MID the ever-growing dangers of that anxious year, our little command was ordered to Corinth, where the mobilization of the Western army had begun. To me this was a most welcome move, but for the majority of the boys, who were born and reared in that immediate section, it meant the first breaking of home ties—sad adieus and, to many, the last farewell.
Aside from the partings of kindred, lovers, and friends, there was a poignant sorrow over leaving Columbus, for its air of natural and restful beauty had cast a bewitching charm. Save one, it was the oldest town of Mississippi; and the history of its pioneers, the dim legends of its loves, romances, and tragedies, like its white-columned mansions, were foundationed in the long ago. The hearts of its people, ripe in sentiment and æsthetic culture, had been given in a flood of affectionate gratitude to the young soldiers, training within its gates, to defend the institutions, ideals, and traditions of the South.
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