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The soldier's pen : firsthand impressions of the Civil War / Robert E. Bonner.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonner, Robert E., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- United States.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Soldiers' writings, American.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 248 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hill and Wang, [2006]
- Summary:
- Drawing from the more than 10,000 documents housed in the privately held Gilder Lehrman Collection, Bonner has movingly reconstructed the experiences of 16 Civil War soldiers, using their own accounts to knit together a ground-level view of the entire conflict.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Glimpses of many things untold"
- The tender lines of war
- Army life and the comforts of home
- Combat, bloodshed, and the traces of battle
- The union divided?
- The fading gray
- Bonds broken, bonds restored
- Relics of war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0809087448
- 9780809087440
- OCLC:
- 64208103
- Publisher Number:
- 9780809087440
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- Publisher description
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