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An Uncompromising Secessionist: The Civil War of George Knox Miller, Eighth (Wade’s) Confederate Cavalry

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Engaging letters from a gifted and perceptive Confederate cavalry officer.

This book incorporates the letters of George Knox Miller who served as a line officer within the Confederate cavalry and participated in almost all the major campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. He used to be, clearly, a very well-educated young man. Born in 1836 in Talladega, Alabama, he developed an ideal love for reading and the theater and set his sights once you have an education that would result in a career in law or medicine; meanwhile he worked as an apprentice in a painting firm to earn tuition. Miller then enrolled within the University of Virginia, where he excelled in his studies.

Eloquent, bordering at the lyrical, the letters provide riviting first-hand accounts of cavalry raids, the monotony of camp life, and the horror of battlefield carnage. Miller gives detailed descriptions of military uniforms, cavalry tactics, and prison conditions. He conveys a deep commitment to the Confederacy, but he used to be also crucial of Confederate policies that he felt hindered the army’s efforts. Dispersed among these war-related topics is the story of Miller’s budding relationship with Celestine “Cellie” McCann, the love of his life, whom he would in the end marry. Together, the letters offer significan insight into the life, heart, mind, and attitudes of an intelligent, educated, young mid-19th-century white Southerner.

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