Memoir of Dr. Mead [sic], medical officer of Eppa Hunton's Brigade, George Edward Pickett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, containing description of conditions of soldiers and accounts of campaigns.

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Memoir of Dr. Mead [sic], medical officer of Eppa Hunton's Brigade, George Edward Pickett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, containing description of conditions of soldiers and accounts of campaigns.

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Handwritten memoirs, probably of Confederate surgeon Hodijah Baylies Meade. describing his experiences in March and April 1865 during the Confederate retreat from Richmond and Petersburg. The author moved by railroad, horseback, and foot, in heavy rains and over rough terrain, but he recounts his arduous experiences with humor. One event, a March 21, 1865, review of Major General General George Pickett's division by Confederate Secretary of War John C. Breckenridge, is described twice with varying details. Also recounted are one of the misadventures of his black servant, Ned, and the reaction of his one-eyed black cook, Henry, to artillery fire. He also takes note of Pickett's engagement at Five Forks and describes an attack by three Confederate brigades against the Union Army V Corps.

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Edwards, Mary Roy Dawson,

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Krick, Robert K.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

[Meade, Hodijah Baylies], 1838-1874/5.

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Author likely Hodijah Baylies Meade (also author of MSS 1720 in the Special Collections Library, University of Virginia), according to identification made by Special Collections volunteer Mary Roy Dawson Edwards and Civil War author and historian Robert K. Krick. Meade, b. March 2, 1838, in Amelia County, Virginia, attended the University of Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania where he received his medical degree in 1861; served as surgeon at the post at...