{"product_id":"the-civil-war-letters-of-joshua-k-callaway-paperback","title":"The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua K. Callaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJudith Lee Hallock\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCallaway was a schoolteacher, husband, and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee, he campaigned in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and north Georgia. Along the way this perceptive observer and gifted writer wrote a continuous narrative detailing the activities, concerns, hopes, fears, discomforts, and pleasures of a Confederate soldier in the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether writing about combat, illness, encampments, or homesickness, Callaway makes even the everyday aspects of soldiering interesting. This large collection, seventy-four letters in all, is a valuable historical reference that provides new insights into life behind the front lines of the Civil War.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua K. Callaway (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joshua K. Callaway (1834-1863) joined the 28th Alabama Regiment, Army of Tennessee, Confederate Army as a lieutenant. Callaway participated in Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and fought in the battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Lee Hallock (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JUDITH LEE HALLOCK is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeneral James Longstreet in the West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBraxton Bragg and the Confederate Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York and is a longtime member of the New York Civil War Roundtable, for which she has served both as president and vice-president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.99 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468546425085,"sku":"9780820347660","price":46.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/OHZkWGNQVDhodXNDdjZIM2xVSW43Zz09.webp?v=1777290414","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-civil-war-letters-of-joshua-k-callaway-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}