The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell

Released on by Joseph Hopkins Twichell
preview-18

  • The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell Book Detail

  • Author : Joseph Hopkins Twichell
  • Release Date : 2012-01-01
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 350
  • ISBN 13 : 0820340871
  • File Size : 3,3 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell by Joseph Hopkins Twichell PDF Summary

Book Description: In 1861 young Joseph Twichell cut short his seminary studies to become a Union Army chaplain in New York's Excelsior Brigade. A middle-class New England Protestant, Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics. This selection of Twichell's letters to his Connecticut family will rank him alongside the Civil War's most literate and insightful firsthand chroniclers of life on the road, in battle, and in camp. As a noncombatant, he at once observed and participated in the momentous events of the Peninsula and Wilderness Campaigns and at the Second Bull Run, as well as at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Spotsylvania. Twichell writes about politics and slavery and the theological and cultural divide between him and his men. Most movingly, he tells of tending the helpless, burying the dead, and counseling the despondent. Alongside accounts of a run-in with slave hunters, a massive withdrawal of wounded soldiers from Richmond, and other extraordinary events, Twichell offers close-up views of his commanding officer, the "political general" Daniel Sickles, surely one of the most colorful and controversial leaders on either side. Civil War scholars and enthusiasts will welcome this fresh voice from an underrepresented class of soldier, the army chaplain. Readers who know of Twichell's later life as a prominent minister and reformer or as Mark Twain's closest friend will appreciate these insights into his early, transforming experiences.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Joseph Hopkins Twichell

Joseph Hopkins Twichell

File Size : 81,81 MB
Total View : 2757 Views
DOWNLOAD

This biography adds new dimensions to our understanding of the Twichell-Twain relationship; more important, it takes Twichell on his own terms, revealing an eli

Joseph Hopkins Twichell

Joseph Hopkins Twichell

File Size : 50,50 MB
Total View : 6322 Views
DOWNLOAD

Bewilderment often follows when one learns that Mark Twain’s best friend of forty years was a minister. That Joseph Hopkins Twichell (1838-1918) was also a Ne