An Everlasting Circle
Letters of the Haskell Family of Abbeville, South Carolina
Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: xlvii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
"An Everlasting Circle presents the Civil War correspondence of the Haskells, a prominent family of Abbeville, South Carolina. This outstanding collection of eloquent, compelling letters is unusual in that it includes the correspondence of seven brothers in arms..."-book jacket.
Contents:
War or peace? 8 January 1861-17 April 1861 -- To Virginia: 20 April 1861-29 August 1861 -- Love and loss: 20 September 1861-31 August 1862 -- Soldiering on: 4 September 1862-28 June 1863 -- The triple blow: 6 July 1863-19 August 1863 -- Battles in Tennessee and Virginia: 23 August 1863-24 April 1864 -- The final months: 7 May 1864-26 March 1865 -- Epilogue: Appomattox -- Afterword -- Appendix. 1. The Haskells after the war -- 2. Langdon Cheves.
Subjects:
Haskell family -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Correspondence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
Haskell family -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Correspondence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
ISBN:
9780881467192
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LITERATURE Letters Has | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index.