Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day-By-Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea : Letters and Diary of Charles W. Wills (Shawnee Classics)

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day-By-Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea : Letters and Diary of Charles W. Wills (Shawnee Classics)

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Army Life Of An Illinois Solder: Including A Day-by-Day Record Of Sherman's March To The Sea consists of the letters Charles Wills wrote to his sister combined with the diary he kept when the fortunes of war made mail delivery uncertain. This is a Civil War narrative and the story of a young man's transformation from adventure seeker to a mature observer of the world around him. Wills saw a lot of battlefield action. His enthusiasms for carnage waned as he marched with Sherman to the sea. Yet Major Wills was impressed by his troops' "endurance, spirit and recklessness. " Wills joined to preserve the Union, and from an original aversion to blacks, came to the point where he would arm them. Army Life Of An Illinois Solder is another unique voice and a marvelous addition to any university or community military studies or Civil War collection.

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day-By-Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea : Letters and Diary of Charles W. Wills (Shawnee Classics),Charles Wright Wills,Mary E. Kellogg,Southern Illinois University Press,0809320460,1840-1883,Biography & Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Civil War, 1861-1865,Historical - U.S.,History,History - General History,Military,Military History - U.S. Civil War,Military Personal Narratives,Personal narratives,Sherman's March to the Sea,United States,United States - Civil War,Wills, Charles Wright,,Wills, Charles Wright

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