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Tag: Soldier life

  • Review: An Iowa Soldier Writes Home

    An Iowa Soldier Writes Home: The Civil War Letters of Union Private Daniel J. Parvin Edited by: Phillip A. Hubbart Carolina Academic Press 2011 Paper 196 pages $25.00 ISBN: 978-1-59460-978-7 • LCCN 2011002478 Phillip Hubbart, a retired Florida appellate judge, transcribed 117 letters of his great-great-grandfather Daniel J. Parvin, an infantryman who fought with the […]

  • What books would you suggest?

    As some of you may know, I am a reenactor.  I have had a few new guys join my unit recently, and they wanted a few books to read on “what was life like for a Confederate soldier”. So, here are the books I suggested, in no particular order- – “Company Aytch” by Sam Watkins […]