Writing and Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury

The simple request for news generated the largest and most impressively detailed collection of journalistic correspondence ever written during the Civil War. Hundreds of soldiers wrote thousands of letters to the Sunday Mercury creating a unique history of the great American conflict. Recently rediscovered, these letters, the true voices of the Civil War, are now published here for the first time. Features chapter introductions by Brian C. Pohanka, Edwin C. Bearss, Dr. James M. McPherson and others. 377 pages including index. Wonderful copy.