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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife | A Tale of the Second American Revolution | Alexander St. Clair Abrams | Taschenbuch | 192 S. | Englisch | 2019 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337715397 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Trials of the Soldier's Wife: A Tale of the Second American Revolution' by Alex St. Clair Abrams immerses readers in the tumultuous era of the Confederate States of America and the Civil War. This historical fiction explores the complexities of love and survival amidst the backdrop of a nation divided.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Trials of the Soldier's Wife: A Tale of the Second American Revolution' by Alex St. Clair Abrams immerses readers in the tumultuous era of the Confederate States of America and the Civil War. This historical fiction explores the complexities of love and survival amidst the backdrop of a nation divided.

8vo., (8 4/8 x 5 4/8 inches). Original tan printed paper wrappers (creased, torn and soiled). Provenance: with the ownership inscription of Capt. Geo. P. Jacobs on the title-page; inscribed at the head of the first page "To W.T. Sherman Maj. Gen. USA from Geo. Jacob ." First edition, and exceptionally rare. "The author claims the right of knowing as much about the siege of Vicksburg as any one residing in that town, from the fact that he was at that point, in Company A, Withers' Light Artillery, as a private, when the first gun was fired in its defense, and served as such until the raising of the first siege. In September, 1862, he was discharged from the army on account of sickness, an being unable to return to his home, (New Orleans) obtained a position in the office of the "Vicksburg Whig", where he remained until its destruction by fire in the early part of May, 1863, and was taken prisoner and paroled after the surrender" (Author's Preface). Abrams was an outspoken chronicler of the siege of Vicksburg, condemning General Pemberton's actions in defense of the town in an early article published in the "Advertiser and Register". Born in Pennsylvania, and so not particularly popular with his Confederate troops, Pemberton assumed command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana in October of 1862. His most important task was to maintain Confederate control of some portion of the Mississippi River, in effect to hold two vital east-bank fortresses at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Port Hudson, Louisiana. Against the combined efforts of Generals Grant and Sherman he was "soundly beaten and penned up within his Vicksburg defenses. After six weeks of siege, during which his men and the citizens of Vicksburg lived in dugout bomb shelters, consumed every four-footed creature inside their lines, and were finally reduced to eating tree bark, Pemberton finally surrendered on 4 July 1863. Port Hudson fell within the week. Despite his stubborn defense, southerners loathed Pemberton for surrendering on 4 July, of all days" (Steven E. Woodworth for ADNB). Howes A21. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.