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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819873603321
• Autore: Roe Lewis Franklin <1838-1908.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-63665-4; 0-8263-5144-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WilsonJohn P <1935-> (John Philip)
• Disciplina: 973.7/8
• Soggetti: Sherman's March to the Sea; Atlanta Campaign, 1864; Sherman's March through the Carolinas; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives; Southwest, New History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: These journals and letters offer details of an epic march from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to New Mexico, a firsthand account of the Battle of Valverde, and a soldier's efforts to understand ongoing events as the country rushed toward the outbreak of hosti