Time of War: A Northern Chronicle of the Civil War

Title: Time of War: A Northern Chronicle of the Civil War
Author: Stuart A P Murray
I: 1709604
ISBN: 9781581570113
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 288
Section: History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Stuart Murray draws upon Berkshire County, Massachusetts diaries, letters, newspapers, military reports, church journals, and gravestones to tell the stories of the black Union soldiers drawn from New England factories and farms, and comprising the 54th Regiment. Here the reader will encounter Medal of Honor winners, Confederate generals, women volunteers, prisoners of war, leading abolitionists, pacifists, shopkeepers, poets, writers, artists, politicians, and a host of others, all contributing to a vivid portraits of the horrors and glories of the Civil War.