Civil War Talks: Studies in the Civil War Era - Couverture souple

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Bernard, George S.

 
9780813952253: Civil War Talks: Studies in the Civil War Era
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ISBN 10 : 0813952255 ISBN 13 : 9780813952253
Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2024

Synopsis

George S. Bernard was a Petersburg lawyer and member of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Over the course of his life, Bernard wrote extensively about his wartime experiences and collected accounts from other veterans. In 1892, he published War Talks of Confederate Veterans, a collection of firsthand accounts focusing on the battles and campaigns of the 12th Virginia that is widely read to this day. Bernard prepared a second volume but was never able to publish it. After his death in 1912, his papers became scattered or simply lost. But a series of finds, culminating with the discovery of a cache of papers in Roanoke in 2004, have made it possible to reconstruct a complete manuscript of the unpublished second volume.

The resulting book, Civil War Talks, contains speeches, letters, Bernard’s wartime diary, and other firsthand accounts of the war not only by veterans of the Confederacy, such as General William Mahone, but by Union veterans as well. Their personal stories cover the major military campaigns in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and Appomattox. For the general reader, this volume offers evocative testimonies focusing on the experiences of individual soldiers. For scholars, it provides convenient access to many accounts that, until now, have not been widely available or have been simply unknown.

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À propos des auteurs

Hampton Newsome is an attorney who lives in Arlington, Virginia.

John Horn is an attorney from Illinois.

John G. Selby is Professor of History at Roanoke College and the author of Meade: The Price of Command, 1863–1865.

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Éditeur
University of Virginia Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813952255
ISBN 13 
9780813952253
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
512
Éditeur
Newsome Hampton, Horn John, Selby John G.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780813931753: Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans

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ISBN 10 :  0813931754 ISBN 13 :  9780813931753
Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2012
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