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To rescue my native land : the Civil War letters of William T. Shepherd, First Illinois Light Artillery / edited by Kurt H. Hackemer.

Author: Shepherd, William T., 1842-1930.

Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2005.

ISBN: 1572334428 (acid-free paper)

Description: xxiii, 365 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Series: Voices of the Civil War series

Subject: Shepherd, William T., 1842-1930 Correspondence.
United States. Army Ordnance and ordnance stores History 19th century.
United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865).
Soldiers Illinois Correspondence.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories.
Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Artillery operations.
Illinois History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.
Illinois History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories.

Contents: Enlistment and learning to be a soldier -- Life at Bird's Point -- The war heats up -- First combat experiences -- Forts Henry and Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh -- Chasing rebels -- The army in Memphis -- Becoming a clerk -- The rear-area clerk.

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