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Desolating This Fair Country: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Lt. Henry C. Lyon, 34th New York
Contributor(s): Lyon, Henry C. (Author)

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ISBN: 0786493801     ISBN-13: 9780786493807
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE: $31.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Literary Collections | Essays
Dewey: 973.709
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.60 lbs) 221 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
Henry C. Lyon volunteered for the United States Army at the beginning of the War Between the States. He was articulate, passionate, and committed to the Union. His love for his family and country is evident in the letters he wrote home and the diary he began keeping on January 1, 1862. His diary and the 23 letters collected here are powerful firsthand accounts of the War, the Union Army, and one soldier's thoughts and emotions. These documents follow Lyon from the 1860 Republican Convention in which he supported Lincoln, to his enlistment, through his involvement in crucial battles at Fair Oaks, Second Manassas, and South Mountain, to his mortal wounding in the West Woods at the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. The text is complemented with photographs, a roster of the 34th New York Volunteer Infantry, appendices and bibliography.
 
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