TY - BOOK AU - Schlotterbeck,John T. AU - Wilson,Wesley W. AU - Kawaue,Midori AU - Klingensmith,Harold A. TI - James Riley Weaver’s Civil War: The Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer and Prisoner of War, 1863–1865 T2 - Civil War Soldiers and Strategies SN - 9781631013539 AV - E527.6 18th .J364 2019 U1 - 973.781 PY - 2019/// CY - Ashland PB - The Kent State University Press KW - Weaver, James Riley,-1839-1920-Diaries KW - United States.-Army.-Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 18th (1862-1865) KW - United States.-Army.-Cavalry-Officers-Diaries KW - Soldiers-Pennsylvania-Diaries KW - Prisoners of war-United States-Diaries KW - Pennsylvania-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Personal narratives KW - United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Personal narratives KW - Pennsylvania-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Regimental histories KW - United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Prisoners and prisons KW - United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Regimental histories KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Editorial Method -- Prologue: Instilling the "Ideal of Christian Manhood," 1839-1863 -- One: "The Arts and Scenes of Active Warfare": The Making of a Cavalry Officer, June 1-July 17, 1863 -- Two: "Slept to Dream of War but Woke to Find All Quiet": Campaigning in Northern Virginia, July 18-October 11, 1863 -- Three: "What a Little World in Itself Have We in Libby": Libby Prison, Richmond, October 12, 1863-January 16, 1864 -- Four: "Our Happiness Is Alloyed by the Fear of Being Disappointed": Libby Prison, Richmond, January 17-May 6, 1864 -- Five: "Think of Home and Wonder When the Space That Now Separates Us Will Be Traversed": Macon, Georgia, May 7-July 27, 1864 -- Six: "They Go High Like a Shooting Meteor and Fall Abruptly as a Star": Charleston, South Carolina, July 28-October 5, 1864 -- Seven: "Escape Has Been the Order of the Day": Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina, October 6-December 11, 1864 -- Eight: "Sitting Outside My Tent Penning These Lines": Camp Asylum, Columbia, South Carolina, December 12, 1864-February 13, 1865 -- Nine: "Altho All These Things Seemed as of Former Days, Yet I Could Not Realize That I Was Free": Homeward Bound, February 14-April 1, 1865 -- Epilogue: Students Are "Co-Laborers with the Instructor in the Investigation of Specific Subjects": Weaver's Postwar Career, 1865-1920 -- Appendix: James Riley Weaver, "A Phi Psi's Christmas in Libby," The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi (1899) -- Chronology -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5683910 ER -