BIBFRAME Work

Title

The folly and the madness

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Civil War letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Palmer, Orlando S., 1839-1865 (author)
• Cutrer, Thomas W. (editor)

Subject

• Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives (LCSH)
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (LCSH)
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America (LCSH)
• Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories (LCSH)
• Confederate States of America. Army. Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 15th. Company H (LCNAF)
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns (LCSH)
• Palmer, Orlando S., 1839-1865 (LCNAF)

Genre Form

• Personal narratives (LCGFT)
• Autobiographies (LCGFT)
• Personal narratives, Confederate
• Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations
• maps

Classification

• LCC: E553.5 15th .P35 2023 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 973.7/467 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"In 1860, Orlando S. Palmer left his home in north Alabama to study law in Tennessee and the following year went into practice in Des Arc, Arkansas. With Arkansas's secession, Palmer joined what would become Company H of the First (later Fifteenth) Arkansas Infantry and soon became his company's captain and brigade's adjutant. As such, he was closely associated with William J. Hardee, Thomas C. Hindman, and Patrick R. Cleburne, the latter of whom he served from the day that the First Arkansas was organized until Palmer and Cleburne both sustained fatal wounds at the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. The letters, almost all of which are addressed to his sister, "Missie," are divided equally between military and social concerns. Cutrer argues these letters offer a clear and entertaining window into the life and times of a junior officer serving in the Army of Tennessee"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

1860 : "All Will Yet Blow Over" -- 1861 : "The Flower of the Chivalry of the South" -- 1862 : "We Can Whip Any Army They May Send Against Us" -- 1863 : "This Dark and Troublesome Time" -- 1864 : "Bone and Muscle Could Not Endure."

Authorized Access Point

Palmer, Orlando S., 1839-1865. The folly and the madness

Geographic Coverage

• United States
• Arkansas

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:13:48.827672+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23233920

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc