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Potomac Diary
The Civil War History Series
A Soldier's Account of the Capital in Crisis, 1864-1865. Marc Newman.
Union soldier Richtmyer Hubbell's unique diary chronicles not the military
aspects of the Civil War but the political and social events surrounding
it. We witness Hubbell's three meetings with Pres. Lincoln and go with him
to the Electoral College balloting in the 1864 presidential election, to
Lincoln's second inauguration, and to the New Year's Eve ball at the White
House in 1865. It's a chronicle unique for its time as well as for ours.
128 pgs., 80 B&W illustrations, 6½"x 9¼", sfbd.
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The Union Soldier in Battle
Enduring the Ordeal of Combat.
Earl J Hess. A vivid reminder that the business of war is killing, this
book plunges us into the hellish realms of Civil War combat - a horrific
experience crowded with brutalizing sights, sounds, smells, and textures.
Drawing extensively upon the letters, diaries, and memoirs of Northern
soldiers, Hess reveals their deepest fears and shocks, and also their
sources of inner strength. 240 pages, 15 B&W illustrations, 6"x 9",
hardcover.
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Dear Catherine, Dear Taylor
The Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier and His Wife. Richard L. Kiper,
ed. The letters contained herein paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier
and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a
wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for
her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated by
prize-winning Civil War historian Richard Kiper, they bring to life a
nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the
common soldier and his family. 424 pgs., 6¼"x 9¼", hdbd.
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Dear Sarah
Letters Home from a Soldier of the Iron Brigade. Coralou Peel Lassen, ed.
Cpl. John H. Pardington, a member of the 24th Michigan Infantry of the
famous Iron Brigade, was an articulate and observant soldier. His letters
are filled with dedication to the Cause, longing for family, details of
camp life, and reflections on the battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and others. They are also touching love letters, made
more poignant by our knowledge that Pardington would be killed at the
Battle of Gettysburg. 202 pgs., 25 B&W illustrations, 6"x 9¼", hdbd.
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The Little Bugler
The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War.
William B. Styple. This is the true story of 12-year-old Gustave Schurmann
who served as a musician in Company I, 40th New York Infantry, from
1861-1864 and who, at the end of his distinguished military career at age
15, was a decorated veteran of ten battles - from Bull Run to Gettysburg.
This book vividly depicts his remarkable wartime experiences, including a
stay at the White House as the boyhood companion of Tad Lincoln. 184
pages, 30 B&W photos, maps and more. 6"x 9", softcover.
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Writing and Fighting the Civil War
William B. Styple, ed. Eager for firsthand news from the battlefront, the
editors of the New York Sunday Mercury asked the departing volunteers to
write and "inform us of any events of interest." This simple request for
news generated the largest and most impressively detailed collection of
journalistic correspondence ever written during the Civil War. Recently
discovered and now published for the first time, these letters are the
authentic voices of the Civil War. 378 pgs., 7"x 10", hdbd.
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Irish Green and Union Blue
The Civil War Letters of Peter Welsh. Kohl & Richard, ed. The letters
Peter Welsh wrote to his wife Margaret and to other family members from
the camps and battlefields of the Civil War are a powerful testimonial to
man's all-consuming quest for freedom. Inscribed on fragile paper of
varying size, the letters were preserved in a Victorian writing case for
122 years or more, and are now published as written in this inspiring
volume. 192 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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Memoirs of Chaplain Life
Three Years with the Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Lawrence
Frederick Kohl, ed. For three long years, William Corby ministered to the
men of the Irish Brigade, enduring their hardships, sharing their dangers,
and serving their spiritual needs. These memoirs are not primarily an
account of battles and skirmishes. Nor are they merely a religious tract.
They are a very human account of life in a Civil War army. 450 pgs., 6"x
9", hdbd.
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Touched With Fire
Civil War Letters and Diary of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr.
Mark De Wolfe Howe, ed. This volume consists of all of the Civil War
letters to his parents that Justice Holmes possessed and the complete text
of his Civil War diary. The letters cover the period when Holmes
participated in the Peninsula Campaign, 1st and 2nd Fredericksburg, and
Antietam, while the diary is principally concerned with the Wilderness
Campaign, the Battle of Spotsylvania and the assault on Petersburg. 182
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A Grand Terrible Drama
From Gettysburg to Petersburg: The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington
Reed. Eric A. Campbell, ed. This extensive and unique collection,
consisting of over 180 letters and hundreds of drawings, covers Medal of
Honor recipient Reed's period of service (1862-65) and provides a wealth
of information on the role of the Union army in the eastern theater, the
events in the life of the Civil War soldier, and the war in general. 432
pgs., 7"x 10", hdbd. |
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