Damned Iowa Greyhound The Civil War Letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton

Name: Damned Iowa Greyhound The Civil War Letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton
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ISBN: 9781587296086

ISBN-10: 158729608X

ISBN-13: 9781587296086

Edition: 1998

Authors: Donald C. Elder

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William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp.Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against Mobile, but his writings are unique for the descriptions he gives of lesser-known but pivotal battles of the Civil War in…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Publication date: 11/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English