Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil WarHere is virtually the whole theater of conflict in the West, from its beginnings in Missouri, through Kentucky and Tennessee, to the siege of Atlanta under Sherman, as experienced by Bobrick's great-grandfather, Benjamin W. ("Webb") Baker, an articulate young Illinois recruit. Born and raised not far from the Lincoln homestead in Coles County, Webb had stood in the audience of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, become a staunch Unionist, and answered one of Abraham Lincoln's first calls for volunteers. |
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... Road OSTERHAUS DAVIS SIGEL CURTIS CARR March 7 Positions Little Sugar Creek W- E S 1 mile CHAPTER THREE T hat summer , when it looked as. Battle of Pea ... Road Round Top Curtis s HQ Cross Timber Hollow PRICE Elkhorn Tavern Telegraph Road N.
... Road OSTERHAUS DAVIS SIGEL CURTIS CARR March 7 Positions Little Sugar Creek W- E S 1 mile CHAPTER THREE T hat summer , when it looked as. Battle of Pea ... Road Round Top Curtis s HQ Cross Timber Hollow PRICE Elkhorn Tavern Telegraph Road N.
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... road , and earthworks ( a compound of dirt and logs ) prepared on the bluffs of the creek's north side . If the Rebels advanced along the road , as Curtis thought they would , they would have to cross the creek near his entrench- ment ...
... road , and earthworks ( a compound of dirt and logs ) prepared on the bluffs of the creek's north side . If the Rebels advanced along the road , as Curtis thought they would , they would have to cross the creek near his entrench- ment ...
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... road , and as the Rebels came round , let loose a burst of canister and grape . The whole front of the Rebel column ... Road near Leetown , a small hamlet under the shadow of Pea Ridge , and threw up still more earthworks where the road ...
... road , and as the Rebels came round , let loose a burst of canister and grape . The whole front of the Rebel column ... Road near Leetown , a small hamlet under the shadow of Pea Ridge , and threw up still more earthworks where the road ...
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The War | 1 |
The Civil War letters | 263 |
Acknowledgments | 361 |
Copyright | |
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