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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.

Imprint:Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2005.

Descriptionxxiii, 365 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-359) and index.



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Author:
Shepherd, William T., 1842-1930.
Series Statement
Voices of the Civil War
Subject:
Shepherd, William T., 1842-1930 -- Correspondence.
Subject:
United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
United States. Army -- Ordnance and ordnance stores -- History -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence.
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Primary sources.
Personal correspondence.
Contributor
Hackemer, Kurt.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Voices of the Civil War series.