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9780807130131

Soldier Of Southwestern Virginia The Civil War Letters Of Captain John Preston Sheffey

Soldier Of Southwestern Virginia The Civil War Letters Of Captain John Preston Sheffey
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  • ISBN-13: 9780807130131
  • ISBN: 0807130133
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Publisher: Louisiana State University Press

AUTHOR

Robertson, James I.

SUMMARY

Far more than a mere documentation of the horrors and banality of the Civil War, John Preston Sheffey's literate and even macabrely witty writings demonstrate his ardor for battle, his love of his home state of Virginia, and his passion in waging a most arduous and suspenseful campaign: to win Josephine Spiller of Wytheville, Virginia, as his wife. Superbly edited by James I. Robertson, Jr., Sheffey's letters are the first published correspondence by a member of the 8th Virginia Cavalry. A native of Marion, Virginia, Sheffey provides an invaluable picture of sociomilitary affairs in the overlooked western and southwestern regions of the state. Too mountainous to be neutralized by Union military efforts, southwest Virginia's communities harbored resources of coal, lead, and salt as well as the only rail line connecting Richmond and the Western theater of the war--all of which were indispensable to any possibility of success for the Confederacy. Sheffey's combination of intimate minute-to-minute, day-to-day recording and larger insight into the dynamics of men, terrain, supplies, and protocol make this collection unique. Displaying a formidable range in his charming letters, Sheffey referred to everything from Greek monsters of mythology to English poets of the sixteenth century. His more than ninety missives are a singular source of interest for revealing the paradoxes and tragedies of isolated but vital Civil War skirmishes in southwest Virginia.Robertson, James I. is the author of 'Soldier Of Southwestern Virginia The Civil War Letters Of Captain John Preston Sheffey', published 2004 under ISBN 9780807130131 and ISBN 0807130133.

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