Isbn: 9780820347660 - the civil war letters of joshua k. callaway (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 226 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home. Callaway was a schoolteacher, husband, and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee, he campaigned in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and north Georgia. Along the way this perceptive observer and gifted writer wrote a continuous narrative detailing the activities, concerns, hopes, fears, discomforts, and pleasures of a Confederate soldier in the field. Whether writing about combat, illness, encampments, or homesickness, Callaway makes even the everyday aspects of soldiering interesting. This large collection, seventy-four letters in all, is a valuable historical reference that provides new insights into life behind the front lines of the Civil War.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJoshua K. Callaway (1834-1863) joined the 28th Alabama Regiment, Army of Tennessee, Confederate Army as a lieutenant. Callaway participated in Braxton Bragg s invasion of Kentucky and fought in the battles of Chickamau.