| What the Private Saw: The Civil War Letters & Diaries of Oney Foster Sweet Contributor(s): Edwards, Larry M. (Editor), Sweet, Oney Foster (Performed by), Sweet, Oney Foster (Featuring) |
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ISBN: 0989691349 ISBN-13: 9780989691345 Publisher: Wigeon Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The generals did not see what the privates saw." So wrote U.S. Civil War veteran Pvt. Oney Foster Sweet, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, 43rd Pennsylvania Volunteers (14th Reserves), Battery F (Ricketts' Battery), 1861-1865. His previously unpublished letters, diaries, and retrospective pieces offer a unique glimpse of the war from the view of a private simply trying to survive a deadly conflagration in which one in five combatants perished. This first-hand account of what the private saw is a distinctive addition to the many existing volumes on the American Civil War. The book is edited and annotated by Larry M. Edwards, an award-winning author, editor, and investigative journalist |