Englis Sergeant George Magusta (1 results)

Signed by the Editor. Quarto, softbound (stiff, full-color illustrated wrappers), ix, 288 pp. Very Good+. From lower cover: Eileen Patch was born Eileen Mae Knapp in Johnson City, New York. As a child, she visited the family farm in Corbettsville, where her grandmother Sarah grew up. Although she was too young to remember her grandmother, cousins told her about her grandmother's brother George, who went to war in 1861. Patch inherited the 57 letters the family saved from those George wrote home during the Civil War. This inheritance and her long-time interest in family history led to an intense study of her great uncle's war experience, including trips to the battlefield sites and research at military archives. The study led to this book. The letters, many signed, "This from George," are a brief history of service in the 89th New York Regiment from 1861 until 1865 as seen through the eyes of a Corbettsville farm boy. They gradually reveal the personality and values of Sergeant Geroge Magusta Englis; each letter puts the reader cloesr to the soldier's soul. Civil War, War between the States, War of Rebellion, United States History, U. S. History, American Civil War, Americana, U.S.-iana, Military History nslic.…