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001 2015490006
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245 00 $aIn the land of the living :$bwartime letters by Confederates from the Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia /$cedited by Ray Mathis with the assistance of Douglas Clare Purcell.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aMacon, Georgia :$bMercer University Press,$c[2015]
300 $a207 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aThis unique book, originally published in a limited edition in 1982 and out of print for many years, is the most comprehensive collection of Civil War letters written by residents of Southeastern Alabama and Southwestern Georgia to be published. Poignant in emotion, informative in detail, and broad in scope, the correspondence contained here provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the Civil War and its effect on individuals and families from an intensely personal perspective. The writers, the great majority of them unlettered and expressing themselves in a disarmingly honest manner in their heartfelt missives, collectively paint a compelling portrait of a watershed moment in national history from a regional viewpoint. They make well-known events tangible and lesser-known sidebars illuminating. The book is a solidly researched volume that represents a key piece of the historiographical record of the eighteen-county region served by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission. Appropriately, this volume reaches Americans as our nation contemplates the Civil War and its impact on American history during the war's sesquicentennial anniversary. -- Back jacket cover.
610 10 $aConfederate States of America.$bArmy$xMilitary life.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zChattahoochee River Valley$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aChattahoochee River Valley$vBiography.
610 17 $aConfederate States of America.$bArmy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00539981
611 27 $aAmerican Civil War (1861-1865)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01351658
650 7 $aArmed Forces$xMilitary life.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01351813
650 7 $aSoldiers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01125233
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
651 7 $aUnited States$zChattahoochee River Valley.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01274038
648 7 $a1861 - 1865$2fast
655 7 $aBiography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 $aPersonal narratives$vConfederate.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423844
655 7 $aRecords and correspondence.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423917
700 1 $aMathis, Gerald Ray,$d1937-$eeditor.
700 1 $aPurcell, Douglas Clare,$eeditor.
710 2 $aMercer University Press.