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A Southern Soldier's Letters Home: The Civil War Letters of Samuel Burney, Cobb's Georgia Legion, Army of Northern Virginia
A Southern Soldier's Letters Home The Civil War Letters of Samuel Burney Cobb's Georgia Legion Army of Northern Virginia
Author: Samuel A. Burney, Sarah Elizabeth Shepherd
ISBN-13: 9780865548169
ISBN-10: 0865548161
Publication Date: 1/2003
Pages: 304
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Mercer University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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I enjoyed this one. The letters reveal the suffering of war (along with the boredom) as well as a glimpse of the home life of his loved ones. Also an insight to what the lower ranks thought of the generals and the way the war was handled.