Defend the Valley: A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War

Colt, Margaretta Barton

ISBN 10: 0195132378 / ISBN 13: 9780195132373

Editore: Oxford University Press, 1999

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First softcover edition stated 1999, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Oxford University Press. Trade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, spine not creased, no names, no underlinings, no highlights , no bent page corners, not a reminder. 8vo, 464 pages.

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• Titolo: Defend the Valley: A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195132378
• ISBN 13: 9780195132373
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 1st Paperback Edition
• Stampa: 1st Printing
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the war is told through the letters and private papers of the Bartons and Joneses, In gathering together her ancestors' papers, Margaretta Barton Colt has done far more than provide a record of the Civil War. She has brought it to life with astounding clarity through the voices of those who lived it. These two families sent eleven men into battle, most in the brigade led by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Culled from the private papers of twenty family members, the material represented here includes letters, diaries, and memoirs. The book benefits from the vivid recollections found in the soldiers first-hand descriptions of the battles, and the responses from the home front. The result is a fully-rounded picture of the daily struggle of the Civil War, and the passing of a way of life.

Informazioni sull?autore

Margaretta Barton Colt is a direct descendant of the Barton-Jones Clan. Since 1976, she has been coproprietor of The Military Bookman in New York City, and antiquarian bookstore specializing in military history. She was formerly a research and picture editor for Time, Inc., and American Heritage.