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Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War - Couverture rigide

Rankin, David C.

 
9780521823340: Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War
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ISBN 10 : 052182334X ISBN 13 : 9780521823340
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book offers a meticulous reconstruction of the life of Rufus Kinsley - an ordinary New England soldier who during the Civil War became an officer in one of the nations's first and most famous black regiments - and an expertly edited transcription of Kinsley's hitherto unpublished wartime diary. Kinsley's diary sheds light on a long neglected theater of the war - the battle for the bayou country of southwestern Louisiana - and it illuminates the workaday routines of black and white soldiers stationed behind Union lines but thoroughly immersed in the unprecedented improvisations that accompanied the social revolution that was emancipation. Kinsley's perspective is that of a too often neglected type: the absolutely dedicated evangelical abolitionist soldier who believed that the war and its consequences were divine retribution for the sin of slavery. The introductory biography places Kinsley's civil war experience in the context of his life and his times.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book offers a meticulous reconstruction of the life of Rufus Kinsley - an ordinary New England soldier who during the Civil War became an officer in one of the nations's first and most famous black regiments - and an expertly edited transcription of Kinsley's hitherto unpublished wartime diary. Kinsley's diary sheds light on a long neglected theater of the war - the battle for the bayou country of southwestern Louisiana - and it illuminates the workaday routines of black and white soldiers stationed behind Union lines but thoroughly immersed in the unprecedented improvisations that accompanied the social revolution that was emancipation. Kinsley's perspective is that of a too often neglected type: the absolutely dedicated evangelical abolitionist soldier who believed that the war and its consequences were divine retribution for the sin of slavery. The introductory biography places Kinsley's civil war experience in the context of his life and his times.

Revue de presse

'The diary has been meticulously edited by David Rankin. Civil War enthusiasts will no doubt appreciate the workaday details in which much of it necessarily deals.' Church Times

' ... an intriguing book ... an enjoyable read ... This is an excellent read ... It will be referred to many times, long after the first intriguing read.' Open History

'Rankin's book is unique in that it extols a military figure who never participated in armed battle.' Cercles

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052182334X
ISBN 13 
9780521823340
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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