Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram (A Nation Divided)

ISBN: 0813916119

Author: Carmichael, Peter S.

Condition: New

This biography of artillerist Pegram, who participated in every major Virginia battle by the end of the Civil War, is a case study in the Confederate worldview. Carmichael (PhD candidate, Pennsylvania State U.) challenges other historians by demonstrating that Pegram and his fellow soldiers shared a religious belief in human inequality based on scriptural interpretation, their "cause" becoming synonymous with Godliness and their defense of slavery not merely an economic or cultural defense but representative of a much deeper religious conviction. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.