Tom Taylor's Civil War
By: [compiled by] Albert Castel.
Contributors: Castel, Albert E.; Taylor, Margaret Antoinette White, d. 1913.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Taylor, Thomas Thomson, 1836-1908 -- Diaries.; Taylor, Thomas Thomson, 1836-1908 -- Correspondence.; Taylor, Margaret Antoinette White, d. 1913 -- Correspondence.; Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries.; Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.; Married people -- Ohio -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Diaries.; Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "Often written under adverse conditions, Taylor's descriptions of military encounters are filled with vivid details and perceptive observations. His passages especially provide new insight into the Georgia campaign - including accounts of the Battles of Atlanta and Ezra Church - and into the role of middle-echelon officers in both camp and combat. Castel's bridging narrative is equally dramatic, providing an overview of the fighting that gives readers invaluable context for Taylor's eyewitness reports.".

"The book chronicles not only Taylor's military career but also the strains it placed on his marriage. Taylor had gone off to war both to fight for his Unionist beliefs and to enhance his reputation in his community, while his wife, Netta, was a peace Democrat whose letters constantly urged Tom to return home. Their epistolary conversation - rare among Civil War sources - reflects a relationship that was as politically charged as it was passionate.

Taylor's passages also reveal his changing attitudes: from favoring strong measures against the rebels at the beginning of the war to eventually deploring the destruction he witnessed in Georgia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
Comprises Taylor's diaries and letters to and from his wife, Margaret Taylor.