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Fishing on Deep RiverEntry/Object ID
L9999.999.1645Description
Fishing on Deep River, Civil War Memoir of Private Samuel Baldwin Dunlap, C.S.A. was complied from the diary kept by Samuel Baldwin Dunlap, a Confederate soldier from Dekalb, Missouri, during the years of 1861-1865. His two brothers, Wallace and (Robert) Caldwell were with him during his service. Caldwell's diary "As the Mockingbird Sang", edited by Suzanne Lehr, has also been published by by Platte Purchase Publishers.
Dunlap details the mood and activities in Buchanan County at the start of the Civil War in 1861, his enlistment at age 17 and the Home Guard activities while they were tolerated in the county. He details his company's successful efforts at the Battle of Lexington, MO. His unit is associated with General Sterling Price's command and the subsequent commanders of the Missouri Brigades as they are attached to the Confederate Army. John Landis, of St. Joseph, is in charge of Dunlap's battery and Elijah Gates, a St. Joseph citizen who rose quickly to the rank of Colonel, figures in the campaigns Dunlap experiences.
Initially Dunlap is in the Calvary but is subsequently transferred to the Infantry. He later enlists for one year and then the duration and is attached to the Missouri Battery Artillery as a driver responsible for the horses that pull the cannon & caisson.
Dunlap serves in the Blue Mills Landing, Battle of Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge with Sterling's Army and then marches east and south to participate in various scrimmages including Iuka, Corinth, Hatchie's Bridge, Port Gibson, Big Black Rive, Champion's Hill, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Murfreesboro, etc. finally in North Carolina at the war's end . He describes not only the military activities from a soldiers point of view, but describes the landscape, the people, and the opinions of each area that he traverses. He give a poignant look inside the emotions of a Confederate Soldier regarding his duty, his homesickness, his view of war.
He mentions by name persons from North Missouri who were active with him during his service.
Introduction, annotations, and epilogue by Suzanne Lehr who researched the work.
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Lehr, Suzanne StakerPlace Published
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriDate Published
2006Call No.
CivilWar LEISBN
0-9725353-9-XLCCN
2006903037Notes
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Samuel Baldwin Dunlap