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Soldier of Southwestern Virginia : The Civil War Letters of Captain John Preston Sheffey by James I. Robertson (2004, Hardcover)

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SOLDIER OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF CAPTAIN JOHN PRESTON SHEFFEY By James Robertson - Hardcover **Mint Condition**.

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Far more than a mere documentation of the horrors and banality of the Civil War, John Preston Sheffey's literate and even macabrely witty writings demonstrate his ardor for battle, his love of his home state of Virginia, and his passion in waging a most arduous and suspenseful campaign: to win Josephine Spiller of Wytheville, Virginia, as his wife. Superbly edited by James I. Robertson, Jr., Sheffey's letters are the first published correspondence by a member of the 8th Virginia Cavalry. A native of Marion, Virginia, Sheffey provides an invaluable picture of socio-military affairs in the overlooked western and southwestern regions of the state. Too mountainous to be neutralized by Union military efforts, southwest Virginia's communities harbored resources of coal, lead, and salt as well as the only rail line connecting Richmond and the Western theater of the war - all of which were indispensable to any possibility of success for the Confederacy. Sheffey's combination of intimate minute-to-minute, day-to-day recording and larger insight into the dynamics of men, terrain, supplies, and protocol make this collection unique. Displaying a formidable range in his charming letters, Sheffe

Product Identifiers

Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807130133
ISBN-13
9780807130131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30778486

Product Key Features

Book Title
Soldier of Southwestern Virginia : the Civil War Letters of Captain John Preston Sheffey
Author
James I. Robertson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Military
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1in
Item Width
5.9in

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E581.6 8th.S54 2004
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-010854
Dewey Decimal
973.7/455/092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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