Three Years in the Army of the Cumberland: The Letters and Diary of Major James A. Connolly (Civil War Centennial Series)

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… offers an unsurpassed chronicle of the war within the West.” ―Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

This eyewitness account brings a greater figuring out to a conflict that brought a nation to its knees.” ―Historical Media Review

… an outstanding Civil War narrative. It has value for the army and literary historian.” ―War, Literature, and the Arts

The letters and diary of Major James Austin Connolly, 123rd Illinois Infantry, constitute an unsurpassed record of Civil War campaigning within the West. Connolly had an inherent ability for narrative, an eye fixed for folks and places, and a smooth and facile style. His accounts be offering a realistic picture of daily soldiering within the Civil War―of rough, spare living within the field, of boredom and fun in camp, of seemingly aimless scouts, and of the high excitement of battle.

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