Civil War echoes : voices from Virginia, 1860-1891
Title:
Civil War echoes : voices from Virginia, 1860-1891
Author:
Robertson, James I., Jr. (James Irvin), 1930-2019.
ISBN:
9780983401261
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
143 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"Aware that many original Civil War materials such as letters, diaries, reminiscences, and photographs were in private hands, the Civil War Commission partnered with the Library of Virginia in an undertaking to locate and to preserve electronic copies of as many such documents as possible"--Preface.
A Virginia Sesquicentennial Signature Publication.
"Www.VirginiaCivilWar.org."
"All place names are in Virginia unless otherwise noted"--Page 137.
Contents:
How hard the life of a soldier -- 1861: Drive back the dastard invaders -- 1862: Consciousness of right and duty -- 1863: Our loss was far greater -- 1864: This cruel war -- 1865: We had a hard fite -- Epilogue: The fallen leaves of the forest.
Abstract:
Civil War Echoes contains excerpts from letters, reminiscences, diaries, journals, and other documents written by Confederate and Union soldiers and civilian Virginians, and uses these contemporary accounts to explore the tumultuous time in our nation's history between 1860 and 1890. Virginia was the major battlefield of the Civil War, where the lines between the battlefront and home front were blurred, and the scars and wounds of the war lasted well beyond Appomattox. -- Library of Virginia.
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