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As
the Mockingbird Sang, the Civil War Diary of Pvt. Robert Caldwell Dunlap,
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Caldwell’s entries describe the major battle at Wilson’s Creek; the Battle of Lexington, with the unique hemp bale charge, resulting in a major defeat for the Federals; and the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. It also describes his travels south and east across a land foreign to him geographically, yet connected to him politically, and where he witnessed some of the South’s fiercest battles. In June 1864, Caldwell became separated from his personal diary, and it would be 27 years before he would again be in possession of it.
Suzanne Staker Lehr, first Research Associate of the St.
Joseph Museums, Inc., brings together the diary she discovered through her research
of historic Mount Mora Cemetery with an overview of Missouri’s history
leading up to the war. She also tells of the saga of the diary
while out of Caldwell’s possession and presents a description of the he
wounds received during the War's Atlanta Campaign written by Caldwell in
1918. As the Mockingbird Sang includes the authors own annotations
regarding much of this history.
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As the
Mockingbird Sang is the story of nineteen-year old Robert Caldwell Dunlap, who in
response to the news his father brought home from town, left his plow,
saddled up his horse, and rode off from southern Buchanan County at
sundown on June 10, 1861, to find General Sterling Price’s army. During
the next three years, Caldwell logged his personal experiences as a member
of the Missouri State Guard and then as a private in the Confederate
States Army.