Writings of a Rebel Colonel

<p> 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. </p><p> 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.</p>