A Quaker Soldier In The Civil War: Letters From the Front
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1436311357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stepping back in history to find the present Melissa K. "He never wavered in his conviction that the war had a righteous goal, that of overcoming slavery."This is John (Jack) Irwin's second delve into the genre of nonfiction/military. The first was Another River, Another Town: a Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat. In A Quaker Soldier in the Civil War, Irwin draws from letters preserved in his own family.A Quaker soldier is paradoxical, as probable as the reverent atheist or the selfless politician. This is exactly why Jack is the best person to tell readers the story. As a former professor of philosophy, he is fearless in tackling a contradiction.From the p. "A Quaker Soldier In The Civil War: Letters From the Front" according to Amazon Customer. This book is a collection of letters from the front lines of the Civil War by a Quaker who gave up pacifism in order to combat the greater evil of slavery. The author adds in explanations to help the layman understand the authors family and background to make this a very useful and enjoyable read.
Though a Quaker who was committed to pacifism, John F. His abolitionism won out, and he served in the Army of the Potomac until the end in 1865. John F. Because of this availability of news from the front, a disappointing refrain in his letters home was "but I don't need to go into details as you read all this in the newspapers." The 149th PVI regiment fought in all the major battles of the Army of the Potomac, battles such a Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, the siege of Richmond-Petersburg. was eventually mustered out and discharged in July 1865.. An in-depth narrative about a young soldier from Clearfield, PA who enlisted in the 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in 1862. Irwin also deeply opposed slavery and was hence committed to abolitionism. Three things defined the Civil War as a modern war: 1) the extensive use of railroads; 2) newspapers were represented on the battlefield by reporters, artists, and photographers, and 3) the telegraph system which made nearly instant communication available for the newspapers. Toward the end they were sent to Elmira, NY to oversee the Rebel prison camp there and to escort new draftees to their assignments