Editor: Oscar Osburn Winther
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1958
Series: Civil War Centennial Series, IUP
Binding: hardcover
Condition: fine/VG
Price: $40.00
ISBN: Ø
CVB Inv: 00215
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Description:
A volume in a series of Civil War-era memoirs, reissued as the Civil War Centennial Series by Indiana University Press during 1957-1962.
Preface by Bell I. Wiley. A rare title.
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust jacket condition: very good. Cover has minor shelf wear to tail of spine. Jacket shows slight rubbing; a one-inch tear to the tail of front wrap. Small octavo; xxx + 181 pp. Blue lettering on gray cloth boards. Several b/w illustrations and one map. Binding and hinges tight; clean, bright copy with no markings.
From the jacket notes: “Upson was a common Union soldier who fought with Grant at Vicksburg and Chattanooga and marched with Sherman through Georgia and the Carolinas to be part of the Victory Parade in Washington on May 20, 1865. His schooling was limited, and he assumed limited knowledge on the part of his readers. The result is exceptional richness of detail as to food, clothing, equipment, diversions, officers, marches, battles, and the country and people of Dixie. More important still, With Sherman to the Sea sheds a brilliant light on the motivation and character of the men who wore the Blue.”
