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This book is a collection of letters written by James Marsh Read (1833-1865) to his family in Winooski, Vermont and their replies to him. After graduation from the University of Vermont, he joined a US Geological Survey team that spent three years in Texas and New Mexico trying to find underground water to facilitate travel to California. Fascinated by the desert, enthusiastic about all he was learning, he writes to parents, sisters and brothers about his first adventure. After a brief interval as assistant to the editor of a Burlington, Vermont, newspaper, he answers Lincoln's first call for 75,000 volunteers in April 1861. From then until the end of the Civil War, he writes about life in camp, the rigors of battle (he fought in a dozen major battles), and the abilities of various generals. No matter how difficult his situation, he is always concerned about the people at home. Because he writes so well, we are able to know and appreciate this fine young man.
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Gretchen Howe Miller has worn many hats in her lifetime - student, wife, mother, English teacher, professional storyteller, and most recently, author/editor. With the discovery of the letters of an ancestor, James Marsh Read (1833-1865), she decided that instead of donating them to the archives of a university, she would make them available to family, friends and Civil War buffs. There followed several years of learning to use a computer, transcribing one hundred thirty eight letters from Marsh to his family and theirs to him, and providing explanations when required. Her main object in publishing the letters is to introduce you to James Marsh Read, a remarkable young man.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, softcover, near fine in lavendary pictorial wraps. 203 pp. and notes on author. A colledtion of letters writtem by James Marsh Read (1833 to 1865) to his family in Vermont and their replies to him from the University of Vermont. He joined a geological survey team that spent 3 years in New Mexico and Texas trying to find underground water to facilitate travel to California. He writes about this first adventure. Later he answers Lincoln's call to arms and writes about life in the Civil War--his letters are so well written that this is a wonderful first-hand account of the Civil War by one of the fighting men. Book. Seller Inventory # 39731
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