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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Recent Acquisitions to My Library

Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown


Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance before the Civil War by Matthew J. Clavin


Letters of a Civil War Soldier: Chandler B. Gilliam, 28th New York Volunteers, with Diary of W. L. Hicks, edited by Ellen C. Collier


Private No More: The Civil War Letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry, edited by Sharon A. Roger Hepburn


Meade's Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman, edited by David W. Lowe


The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm: A Chronicle of Daily Life in the Union Army, 1864-1865, edited by W. Springer Menge and J. August Shimrak 


A Bohemian Brigade: The Civil War Correspondents - Mostly Rough, Sometimes Ready by James M. Perry 


Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All, edited by James M. Scythes


Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln by Jonathan W. White  

 

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I am a life-long history enthusiast with a passion for sharing the educational advantages of learning our past. M.A. Public History-Appalachian State University; B.S. History- East Tennessee State University; B.S. Communications- Milligan College Disclaimer: The posts on this site are my own thoughts and opinions and do not necessarily represent my employer's positions, strategies, or opinions.
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