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"Deliver us from this cruel war" : the Civil War letters of Lieutenant Joseph J. Hoyle, 55th North Carolina Infantry / Joseph J. Hoyle ; edited by Jeffrey M. Girvan.
Van Pelt Library E573.5 55th .H69 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoyle, Joseph J., 1838-1864.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoyle, Joseph J., 1838-1864--Correspondence.
- Hoyle, Joseph J.
- Hoyle, Joseph J., 1838-1864.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 55th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- North Carolina.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Soldiers--North Carolina--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 233 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
- Summary:
- "The personal letters of this soldier, supplemented by the editor's overview of the events and actions of the regiment, offer a view of the common soldier as well as battlefield and camp culture. The letters also reveal how this former schoolteacher urged his fellow soldiers forward at Gettysburg despite a sense that the cause was lost"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786447572
- 0786447575
- OCLC:
- 475664406
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