The boys of Diamond Hill
Subtitle: the lives and Civil War letters of the Boyd family of Abbeville County, South Carolina
By: edited by J. Keith Jones ; foreword by Richard B. McCaslin
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780786463336
Subjects: Correspondence; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th. Company D.; Soldiers; Personal narratives; Regimental histories; Confederate Personal narratives; Biography; History
Description: "In April 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their South Carolina farm to join the Confederate army. The war soon swept their brothers William, Thomas and Andrew, as well as brother-in-law Fenton Hall, into service. The numerous letters the Boyds left behind detail their experiences across almost every theater of the war" --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.