The boys of Diamond Hill : the lives and Civil War letters of the Boyd family of Abbeville County, South Carolina / edited by J. Keith Jones ; foreword by Richard B. McCaslin.

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"In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army. William, Thomas and Andrew soon followed, along with brother-in-law Fenton Hall. During the Civil War, they collectively fought in almost every theater of the conflict and sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, J. Keith, 1964- (Editor)
McCaslin, Richard B. (author of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2024
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Boyd family > Correspondence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Soldiers > South Carolina > Abbeville County > Correspondence.
South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th. > Company D.
South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Abbeville County (S.C.) > Biography.
Boyd (Famille) > Correspondance.
Caroline du Sud > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
Caroline du Sud > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels des confédérés.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY / Military / United States.
Boyd family
Soldiers
South Carolina
South Carolina > Abbeville County
United States
1861-1865
History
Personal correspondence
Personal narratives > Confederate
Genre:
Correspondence.
Correspondance.
Personal narratives, Confederate.
Personal narratives.
Biography.
Récits personnels.
Récits personnels des confédérés.
History
Personal correspondence
Personal narratives
Confederate
Physical Description:x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Lives and Civil War letters of the Boyd family of Abbeville County, South Carolina
Format: Book

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