From western deserts to Carolina swamps : a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / edited by John P. Wilson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908
Other Authors: Wilson, John P. (John Philip), 1935-
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Roe, Lewis Franklin, > 1838-1908 > Diaries.
Roe, Lewis Franklin, > 1838-1908 > Correspondence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
New Southwest > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Sources.
Sherman's March to the Sea > Sources.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 > Sources.
Sherman's March through the Carolinas > Sources.
United States. > Army. > Illinois Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865)
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 7th.
Genre:
Diaries.
Correspondence.
Sources.
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:xii, 280 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The search for Lewis Roe
  • Retracing the march of the 7th Infantry, June-August 1860
  • Fort Bridger to Fort Craig : Lewis Roe's 1860 diary
  • Escort duty in the Southwest and the Battle of Valverde
  • Reenlistment, joining Sherman's army, and the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign, February-May 22, 1864
  • Rome, Georgia, and the Battle of Allatoona, May 23-November 9, 1864
  • The march to the sea, November 10-December 14, 1864
  • Savannah, Georgia, December 15, 1864-January 26, 1865
  • Up through the Carolinas, January 27-March 27, 1865
  • End of the war and home again, April-July 1865.