Held in the Highest Esteem by All

The Civil War Letters of Willam B. Chilvers, 95th Illinois Infantry
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-933337-78-4
Verlag: State House Press at the Texas Center-Schreiner University

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

As an orphan, William Burnham Chilvers did not have parents to coach him through his journey of life that took him across the sea from Great Britain to the United States.  Shortly after immigrating, he found a home in the Union Army and campaigned with the Ninety-Fifth Illinois Infantry.  Years of hard marching and tough fighting carried him through the Vicksburg Campaign and into Louisiana and the Red River Campaign.  He served in Missouri, then at Nashville and Brice's Crossroads, before finishing his career assaulting the Confederate works near Mobile, Alabama.  Through it all, Chilvers was a strong abolitionist and sympathetic to the plight of slaves.  He wrote about the atrocities faced by African Americans at the hands of Southern whites—as well as by his fellow Union soldiers.

His letters and the editors' research tell stories of massacres, combat, and idealism in the face of the brutal realities of war.  William Chilvers and the Ninety-Fifth Illinois Infantry fought to victory, but his experience transcends mere combat and instead reveals the development of a remarkable man whose compassion and humanity rose above the ugliness of the Civil War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pressly, Thomas A

Joiner, Gary D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas A. Pressly III is a rheumatologist who lives with his wife in Shreveport, Louisiana.  A Civil War enthusiast since childhood, Pressly is currently working on a number of scholarly projects related to the conflict.

Gary D. Joiner is a renowned Civil War author and historian and associate professor of history and interim chair in the Department of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.  He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, with his wife, Marilyn, who is also his editor, PR consultant, and business partner, and who shares his love of history.