Reviews
"The greatest consolation I have during the last two weeks of continual fighting, marching, and hardship is that lovely picture of you and the dear children. . . . I am looking at it about 5 times an hour and I fear that sometimes I am talking to it. As soon as Vicksburg falls, I will come home and stay at least one month."-letter from Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel to his wife, 23 May 1863. , "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."- Journal of Southern History ., "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."- Atlantic Monthly, "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."- Journal of Southern History, "The greatest consolation I have during the last two weeks of continual fighting, marching, and hardship is that lovely picture of you and the dear children. . . . I am looking at it about 5 times an hour and I fear that sometimes I am talking to it. As soon as Vicksburg falls, I will come home and stay at least one month."-letter from Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel to his wife, 23 May 1863, "The greatest consolation I have during the last two weeks of continual fighting, marching, and hardship is that lovely picture of you and the dear children. . . . I am looking at it about 5 times an hour and I fear that sometimes I am talking to it. As soon as Vicksburg falls, I will come home and stay at least one month."--letter from Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel to his wife, 23 May 1863 "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."-- Journal of Southern History "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."-- Atlantic Monthly, "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."Journal of Southern History, "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."-Journal of Southern History., "The greatest consolation I have during the last two weeks of continual fighting, marching, and hardship is that lovely picture of you and the dear children. . . . I am looking at it about 5 times an hour and I fear that sometimes I am talking to it. As soon as Vicksburg falls, I will come home and stay at least one month."letter from Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel to his wife, 23 May 1863, "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship." Journal of Southern History, "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief." Atlantic Monthly, "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."- Atlantic Monthly ., "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."-Atlantic Monthly., "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."Atlantic Monthly
