Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty
By: John W. De Forest ; with an introduction and notes by Gary Scharnhorst
Contributors: Scharnhorst, Gary
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Women -- United States -- Fiction; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
Description: "Drawing on his own combat experience in the Union forces, John W. De Forest crafted a war novel like nothing before it in the annals of American literature. As a captain in the 12th Connecticut Regimental Volunteers, De Forest joined in the battles of Georgia Landing and Bisland and in the siege of Port Hudson in Louisiana in 1862-63, and he saw action in Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign in 1864.

His firsthand knowledge of "the wilderness of death" made its way onto the pages of his riveting novel with devastating effect. Whether depicting the tedium before combat, the unspoken horror of battle, or the grisly butchery of the field hospital, De Forest broke new ground, anticipating the realistic war writings of Hemingway, Mailer, and Tim O'Brien."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references