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Experience of a Confederate chaplain, 1861-1864
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- Betts, Alexander Davis, 1832-1918
- Other Title
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- Cover title of original text: Experience of a Confederate chaplain, 1861-1865
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Electronic edition
- [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
- OCLC
- ocm38969364
- Title from TEI header.
- Includes poems on the Civil War from various sources.
- The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South, or the Southern Experience in 19th-century America.
- "Text scanned (OCR) by Bill McGloughlin. Text encoded by Natalia Smith."
- Transcribed from: Experience of a Confederate chaplain, 1861-1864 / by Rev. A.D. Betts, N.C. Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, Chaplain 30th N.C. troops ; edited by W.A. Betts. Greenville? S.C. : s.n., 190-? 103 p. : ill., ports. ; 18 cm.
- System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; World Wide Web browser; Panorama for SGML files.
- Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web.
- Alexander Davis Betts (25 Aug. 1832-15 Dec. 1918), Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain, was born in Blockersville (now Stedman), Cumberland County, North Carolina. He entered the University of North Carolina as a member of the class of 1855. He received the A.B. degree and a few years later the M.A.; in 1895 the university honored him with the degree of D.D. On 25 Oct. 1861, Betts was commissioned chaplain of the Thirtieth North Carolina Regiment and he served throughout the Civil War.
Subjects
- Betts, A. D. (Alexander Davis), 1832-1918 -- Diaries.
- Confederate States of America. Army -- Chaplains -- Diaries.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 30th.
- Military chaplains -- United States -- Diaries.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Chaplains.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry.
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.