Gentleman and an Officer - A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin''s Civil War

Zusatztext a fresh and valuable insight into the war and Confederate life ... The book is well edited and guaranteed to be politically correct. Informationen zum Autor Judith N. McArthur is Lecturer in History at the University of Houston-Victoria and co-editor of Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas. Orville Vernon Burton is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author or editor of a number of books, including In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina. Klappentext This extraordinary collection of 80 previously unpublished Civil War letters is both a penetrating look at the middle ranks from Virginia and South Carolina fronts and an intensely personal drama of the homefront and battlefront. 25 halftones. 8 maps. Zusammenfassung This book is a collection of letters from James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina. With a strong introduction from the editors, this book recounts an officer's Civil War and provides a social and military history.

Product details

• Authors: Orville Vernon Burton, James B. Griffin, James B. Mcarthur Griffin, Judith N McArthur, Judith N. McArthur
• Assisted by: Orville Vernon Burton (Editor), Judith N. McArthur (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780195093124
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509312-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration