In the country of the enemy
Subtitle: the Civil War reports of a Massachusetts corporal
By: edited by William C. Harris ; foreword by John David Smith.
Contributors: Harris, William C. 1933-; Haines, Zenas T., 1830-1900.
Series: New perspectives on the history of the South
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Haines, Zenas T., 1830-1900.; United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 44th (1862-1863); Journalists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.; Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Description: "Last printed by the Boston Herald in 1863, Corporal Zenas T. Haines's dispatches from the Civil War in eastern North Carolina provide a lively, detailed account of the history of a Massachusetts regiment operating in the hostile southern coastal lowlands during the winter of 1862-63. In reports originally prepared for the Herald, Haines follows the organization, training, occupation, and combat service of the 44th Massachusetts from recruitment to mustering out."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
Articles written by newspaperman Zenas T. Haines under the pseudonym "Corporal" which were first published in the Boston Herald and subsequently published in book form.
Originally published: Letters from the Forty-fourth Regiment M.V.M.A. Boston : Printed at the Herald Job Office, 1863.