Reviews
"These unusually revealing Civil War letters vividly convey the hardships of camp life, the emotional highs and lows of the battlefield, and the various attachments to home, family, and community. Callaway was an articulate and perceptive observer of the conditions and people around him. This is a rich and very readable collection, superbly edited."--John C. Inscoe, author of Mountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina, "With gripping clarity and insight, Callaway's Civil War letters detail a soldier's life in camp and on campaign. . . . A wonderful treasury of Civil War lore; highly recommended for libraries, historians, and Civil War buffs."-- Library Journal, "[Hallock's] editing of this book is wonderful and adds a nice narrative interlude to the letters. . . . By reading these letters you get the feeling that you have truly come to know Joshua Callaway. . . . An excellent book to read to further one's appreciation of the life of the common Civil War soldier."-- Civil War Courier, "Once again the University of Georgia Press has added a gem to the ever-growing canon of American Civil War literature in offering the Joshua K. Callaway letters to the researcher, the casual reader, and the Civil War buff, all of whom will find something of interest in this volume."-- Georgia Historical Quarterly, "Callaway proved a perceptive and thoughtful witness to the crisis. His letters home are rich and incisive, not only because they detail soldier life in the Army of the Tennessee, but because they highlight painful separations endured by countless husbands and fathers on both sides of the war."--Civil War History, "With gripping clarity and insight, Callaway's Civil War letters detail a soldier's life in camp and on campaign. . . . A wonderful treasury of Civil War lore; highly recommended for libraries, historians, and Civil War buffs."--Library Journal, "These unusually revealing Civil War letters vividly convey the hardships of camp life, the emotional highs and lows of the battlefield, and the various attachments to home, family, and community. Callaway was an articulate and perceptive observer of the conditions and people around him. This is a rich and very readable collection, superbly edited."--John Inscoe, author of Mountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina, "These unusually revealing Civil War letters vividly convey the hardships of camp life, the emotional highs and lows of the battlefield, and the various attachments to home, family, and community. Callaway was an articulate and perceptive observer of the conditions and people around him. This is a rich and very readable collection, superbly edited."--John Inscoe, author ofMountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina, "[An] excellent and superbly edited collection . . . One of the best of the recently published collections of Civil War letters."-- Alabama Review, "Callaway proved a perceptive and thoughtful witness to the crisis. His letters home are rich and incisive, not only because they detail soldier life in the Army of the Tennessee, but because they highlight painful separations endured by countless husbands and fathers on both sides of the war."-- Civil War History, "The Callaway letters are particularly compelling. . . . They show how one soldier changed from a zealous Rebel to a war-hardened veteran who wanted only to return home to his loved ones. He did not return, and that makes this collection even more poignant."-- Chattanooga Times
