Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry

by Samuel Walkup

Overview

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 but overlooked Southern leader reveals an insightful narrator of his times. Having been a pre-war civilian outside the West Point establishment, he offers a candid view of Confederate leadership, particularly Robert E. Lee and A.P. Hill. Home life with his wife Minnie Parmela Reece Price and the enslaved members of their household was a complex relationship of cooperation and resistance, congeniality and oppression. Walkup's story offers a cautionary account of misguided benevolence supporting profound racial oppression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476644486
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/04/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	231
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kemp Burpeau is a local government attorney and college history professor with past service on the North Carolina Historical Commission and reviewer for the Society of Civil War Historians and The Civil War News. He lives in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Biography
Walkup’s Civil War Journal and Correspondence
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index