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 Posted: Wed Jan 6th, 2010 11:51 pm
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Mana: 
 Both books sound like interesting reads.

I'm particularly interested in the letters and diaries of enlisted men and women. Using Cpl. Belles' writings, the nucleus of Preserve It Reader in Remembrance of Me:The Writings and Saga of American Civil War Soldier George W. Belles, to exemplify: 

The Civil War letters and diary entries of my wife’s great-great-grandfather, Cpl. George Belles, 139th Pa. Vols., represent the voice of the forgotten soldier--and there many. At wars end, the physically able survivors--the foot soldiers, cavalrymen, artillerymen and other enlisted men and women--returned home and resumed civilian life. The store clerk once positioned in the assault line at Marye’s Heights, the gristmill worker who took part in the daring predawn attack at Cedar Creek, the farmer who bravely manned a precarious defensive position on Little Round Top, all slipped into American Civil War anonymity.  Their lives changed forever, each had a story to tell. Seldom was it heard beyond the ears of family and close friends, if heard at all.

I think the second book may best fill that bill and contains other similarities to mine. I'll check it out first.

Thanks, Hellcat