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Robert A. Moore
ROBERT AUGUSTUS MOORE (1838-1863) served in The Confederate Guards, 17th Mississippi Regiment, Company G. Pvt. Moore kept a detailed record of his experiences and observations in a diary, which was...view moreROBERT AUGUSTUS MOORE (1838-1863) served in The Confederate Guards, 17th Mississippi Regiment, Company G. Pvt. Moore kept a detailed record of his experiences and observations in a diary, which was first published in book form in 1959. He was born on July 2, 1838 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the son of Austin Elvy Moore and Elizabeth Moore, and was one of ten children. He served in the Confederacy from 1861 until his death on September 20, 1863 at the battle at Chickamauga, aged just 25.
JAMES WESLEY SILVER (1907-1988) was an American historian and writer. Born on June 28, 1907 in Rochester, New York, he grew up in rural North Carolina. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his doctorate in history from Vanderbilt University in 1935. He was a professor of history at the University of Mississippi (1936-1964). He witnessed the riots on the campus in 1962 and published the bestseller Mississippi: The Closed Society in 1964. He later taught at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (1965-1969) and the University of South Florida until he retired in 1982. He died on July 25, 1988, aged 81.
BELL IRVIN WILEY (1906-1980) was an American historian who specialized in the American Civil War, and an authority on military history and the social history of common people. Born January 5, 1906 in in Halls, Tennessee, his maternal grandfather served with the Army of Tennessee, fighting against Union General Sherman’s forces. He received his BA from Asbury College (1928) and PhD from Yale University (1933). He became a professor of history at State Teachers College (now the University of Southern Mississippi) in 1934 and later served as professor of history at the University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University, and Emory University. A pioneer in the social history of the Civil War, he published many important books on the period. He died in Atlanta, Georgia on April 4, 1980.view less
Books by Robert A. Moore
A Life For The Confederacy: As Recorded in the Pocket Diaries of Pvt. Robert A. Moore