Echoes of the Civil War: The Blue (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Description

This selection of letters, speeches, journals, and eyewitness accounts of the Civil War presents the views of soldiers, nurses, and political and military leaders from the Union side of the war. This anthology opens and closes with inaugural addresses of President Lincoln and looks at the daily lives of Union soldiers in camp, on the battlefield, and in hospitals. Songs, poetry, photographs, and illustrations round out the text.