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From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-511) and index.;Prologue: Learning duty and sensing destiny -- A Missouri odyssey and the Battle of Pea Ridge -- Diary: August 1861-April 7, 1862 -- To the Mississippi and Vicksburg campaign -- Diary: April 8, 1862-August 20, 1863 -- In Cajun country and "on to Texas" -- Diary: August 21, 1863-July 12, 1864 -- With Sheridan in the valley -- Diary: July 13, 1864-December 23, 1864 -- Epilogue: The grand old man of Franklin. Stott's diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar in camp and on the march, one who took every available moment to read theology, philosophy, great literary works, and a few novels. He also had a playful side, slyly exposing a dry wit and a sense of humor that can sneak up on the reader.
From the Publisher
William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College. He fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. He was was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general.He became president of Franklin College and as the college's president took the institute from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts college in Indiana by the turn of the century.