The Civil War letters of Joshua K. Callaway / edited by Judith Lee Hallock.

By:

Callaway, Joshua K [Author]

Contributor(s):

Hallock, Judith Lee, 1940- []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780820347776
0820347779

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

E551.5 28th

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Corinth, April 13-May 24, 1862; CHAPTER TWO: Corinth to Tupelo, June 2-July 6, 1862; CHAPTER THREE: Tupelo to Smith''s Cross Roads, July 13-September 1, 1862; CHAPTER FOUR: Kentucky Campaign, September 27-November 9, 1862; CHAPTER FIVE: Shelbyville, February 1-May 1, 1863; CHAPTER SIX: Shelbyville, May 9-June 26, 1863; CHAPTER SEVEN: Tullahoma to Chattanooga, June 29-August 2, 1863; CHAPTER EIGHT: Chickamauga, August 27-September 24, 1863; CHAPTER NINE: Behind the Lines, Chattanooga, September 30-October 21, 1863.

CHAPTER TEN: Missionary Ridge, October 26-November 19, 1863CHAPTER ELEVEN: Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; Epilogue; Appendix: Personalities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.

Summary: From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home.Summary: Callaway was a schoolteacher, husband, and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee, he campaigned in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and north Georgia. Along the way this perceptive observer and gifted writer wrote a continuous narrative detailing the activities, concerns, hopes, fears, discomforts, and pleasures of a Confederate soldier in the field. Whether writing about combat, illness, encampments, or homesickness, Callaway makes even the everyday aspects of soldiering interesting. This large collection, seventy-four letters in all, is a valuable historical reference that provides new insights into life behind the front lines of the Civil War.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book	G. Allen Fleece Library Online	Non-fiction	E551.5 28th (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn892094622

Includes bibliographies and index.

From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home.

Callaway was a schoolteacher, husband, and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee, he campaigned in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and north Georgia. Along the way this perceptive observer and gifted writer wrote a continuous narrative detailing the activities, concerns, hopes, fears, discomforts, and pleasures of a Confederate soldier in the field. Whether writing about combat, illness, encampments, or homesickness, Callaway makes even the everyday aspects of soldiering interesting. This large collection, seventy-four letters in all, is a valuable historical reference that provides new insights into life behind the front lines of the Civil War.

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