Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry (Samuel Walkup ed.Kemp Burpeau - DLM) Washington DC but history reveals something different

but history reveals something different from the legend that holds up Hancock and Armistead as sentimental symbols of a nation torn apart

Following an introduction by renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer

By the war’s end

Williams points out the obstacles Lincoln overcame in finding a way to confiscate property -- enslaved humans -- without violating the Constitution

Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry (Samuel Walkup ed.Kemp Burpeau - DLM) Washington DC but history reveals something differentby Samuel Walkup Lawyer, planter and politician Samuel Hoey Walkup (1818 1876) led the 48th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War. A devout Christian and Whig nationalist, he opposed secession until hostilities were well underway, then became a die hard Confederate, serving in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days battles through Appomattox. Presenting Walkup's complete and annotated writings, this composite biography of an important