| Author/Contributor(s): | Connolly, James A |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Date: | 06/22/1996 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
This eyewitness account brings a better understanding to a conflict that brought a nation to its knees. --Historical Media Review
. . . an exceptional Civil War narrative. It has value for the military and literary historian. --War, Literature, and the Arts
The letters and diary of Major James Austin Connolly, 123rd Illinois Infantry, constitute an unsurpassed record of Civil War campaigning in the West. Connolly had a flair for narrative, an eye for people and places, and a smooth and facile style. His accounts offer a realistic picture of day-to-day soldiering in the Civil War--of rough, spare living in the field, of boredom and fun in camp, of seemingly aimless scouts, and of the high excitement of battle.