A Time of War: A Northern Chronicle of the Civil War

Murray, Stuart A. P.

ISBN 10: 1581570112 / ISBN 13: 9781581570113

Published by Berkshire House Publishers, 2001

About this Item

Good condition. Minor edge wear and shelf wear rubbing to outside page edge. Front endpaper with a name and date written. Tiny stray pen mark on title page edge. All intact. No other writing in text pages. Nice reading copy. Many other civil war books in our inventory.

Seller Inventory # 3061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Time of War: A Northern Chronicle of the Civil War
• Publisher: Berkshire House Publishers
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581570112
• ISBN 13: 9781581570113
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Civil War
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

Stuart Murray draws upon Berkshire County, Massachusetts diaries, letters, newspapers, military reports, church journals, and gravestones to tell the stories of the black Union soldiers drawn from New England factories and farms, and comprising the 54th Regiment. Here the reader will encounter Medal of Honor winners, Confederate generals, women volunteers, prisoners of war, leading abolitionists, pacifists, shopkeepers, poets, writers, artists, politicians, and a host of others, all contributing to a vivid portraits of the horrors and glories of the Civil War.

About the Author

Stuart A. P. Murray has been an author and editor for almost thirty years, specializing in American history. The author of thirty-four books, including the award-winning America’s Song: The Story of “Yankee Doodle,” and books on the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Vietnam War. He lives in Petersburgh, NY.