| Description: Originally a series of essays,
this volume was written by a Union colonel from New England in charge of
Black troops training on the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas. A
lively and detailed wartime diary, it offers a refreshing portrait of life
in the Union Army from an officer's point of view. Higginson's descriptions
of the soldiers, routines of camp life, southern landscapes, and the raw
humor of men in combat are unforgettable -- as is the account of his escape
from a cannon ball. An unusual historical document intended to introduce
new generations of readers to an American past that should not be forgotten. |
