The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour: Reminiscences of a Louisiana Tiger - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807116467 ISBN 13: 9780807116463

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1991

Synopsis

The memoirs of a newspaper editor who became a staff officer in the Confederate army

About this title

From Library Journal:

Seymour, a New Orleans newspaper editor, served as an aide to Brigadier General Harry T. Hays, commander of the 1st Louisiana Brigade of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, from early 1863 to late 1864. Seymour's staff officer perspective provides glimpses of the Con federate command system, scenes of camp life, and key battles in the East. He writes with the journalist's eye for detail albeit also with a matter-of-fact tone. His account of the battle at Fort Jackson below New Orleans is the only known Confederate first-person account of this bat tle. Astutely edited and copiously explicated, Seymour's memoirs, based on his private contemporary journal, are a key primary source for scholars and buffs alike. For research and specialized libraries.
- Thomas E. Schott, Office of History, 17th Air Force, Sembach, Germany
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0807116467
• ISBN 13: 9780807116463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Jones Terry L.