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An everlasting circle : letters of the Haskell family of Abbeville, South Carolina / edited by Karen Stokes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haskell family--Correspondence.
- Haskell family.
- Soldiers--South Carolina--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- South Carolina.
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- History.
- Personal correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "An Everlasting Circle presents the Civil War correspondence of the Haskells, a prominent family of Abbeville, South Carolina. This outstanding collection of eloquent, compelling letters is unusual in that it includes the correspondence of seven brothers in arms..."-book jacket.
- Contents:
- War or peace? 8 January 1861-17 April 1861
- To Virginia: 20 April 1861-29 August 1861
- Love and loss: 20 September 1861-31 August 1862
- Soldiering on: 4 September 1862-28 June 1863
- The triple blow: 6 July 1863-19 August 1863
- Battles in Tennessee and Virginia: 23 August 1863-24 April 1864
- The final months: 7 May 1864-26 March 1865
- Epilogue: Appomattox
- Afterword
- Appendix. 1. The Haskells after the war
- 2. Langdon Cheves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780881467192
- 0881467197
- OCLC:
- 1109974681
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