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From western deserts to Carolina swamps : a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / edited by John P. Wilson.
- Title
- From western deserts to Carolina swamps : a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / edited by John P. Wilson.
- Author
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908.
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E476.69 .R64 2012 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Wilson, John P. (John Philip), 1935-
- Description
- xii, 280 p. : ill., maps, 1 port.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- These journals and letters offer details of an epic march from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to New Mexico, a firsthand account of the Battle of Valverde, and a soldier's efforts to understand ongoing events as the country rushed toward the outbreak of hosti.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908 > Diaries
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908 > Correspondence
- United States. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865)
- United States. Infantry Regiment, 7th
- 1861-1865
- Sherman's March to the Sea > Sources
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 > Sources
- Sherman's March through the Carolinas > Sources
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
- Southwest, New > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Sources
- Genre/Form
- diaries.
- Diaries
- History
- Personal narratives
- Personal correspondence
- Sources
- Journaux intimes.
- Récits personnels.
- Note
- Library's copy signed by author.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The search for Lewis Roe -- Retracing the march of the 7th Infantry, June-August 1860 -- Fort Bridger to Fort Craig : Lewis Roe's 1860 diary -- Escort duty in the Southwest and the Battle of Valverde -- Reenlistment, joining Sherman's army, and the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign, February-May 22, 1864 -- Rome, Georgia, and the Battle of Allatoona, May 23-November 9, 1864 -- The march to the sea, November 10-December 14, 1864 -- Savannah, Georgia, December 15, 1864-January 26, 1865 -- Up through the Carolinas, January 27-March 27, 1865 -- End of the war and home again, April-July 1865.
- ISBN
- 9780826351425 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0826351425 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780826351449 (electronic)
- 0826351441 (electronic)
- LCCN
- ^^2011049642
- OCLC
- 760970696
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library