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Writings of a Rebel Colonel: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Samuel Walkup, 48th North Carolina Infantry (Samuel Walkup ed.Kemp Burpeau - DLM) Section- Underground Railroad readers can hear from peopleby Samuel Walkup 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. Presenting Walkup's complete and annotated writings, this composite biography of an important