A Grand Terrible Drama: From Gettysburg to Petersburg: The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington Reed

by Charles Wellington Reed

This extensive and unique collection, consisting of over 180 letters and hundreds of drawings, covers Reed's period of service (1862-65) and provides the modern reader a wealth of information on the role of the Union army in the eastern theater, the events in the life of the Civil War soldier, and the war in general.

A native of Boston, Reed served as bugler of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery, whose desperate holding action at Gettysburg...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823219712
• ISBN13: 9780823219711
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"