A Civil War soldier of Christ and country
Subtitle: the selected correspondence of John Rodgers Meigs, 1859-1864
By: edited by Mary A. Giunta ; foreword by Carol Bleser.
Contributors: Giunta, Mary A.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780252030765
Subjects: Meigs, John Rodgers, 1842-1864 -- Correspondence; Meigs, Montgomery C. 1816-1892 -- Correspondence; Meigs family -- Correspondence; United States Military Academy -- Biography; Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November); Military engineers -- United States -- Correspondence; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "This collection of letters and documents offers a rare glimpse into a young officer's interesting but short life. Mary A. Giunta's A Civil War Soldier of Christ and Country tells the story of the relationships between the headstrong John Rodgers Meigs and his family and friends; his heartwarming eagerness to please his demanding parents; his West Point experiences that include a meeting with Abraham Lincoln; and his life as a combatant in the Civil War."

"John Rodgers Meigs was the son of Union Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, and his official correspondence reveals much about his duties as a military engineer and aide-de-camp to Union generals. The private correspondence between him and his father and mother is especially compelling. Approximately forty of the letters were written in an early version of Pitman shorthand and are here transcribed for the first time. Collectively, the letters provide an intimate picture of the young Meigs, uncover the concerns of a family with high expectations, and offer a uniquely personal look at a devastating war."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First days at West Point; title: The first two years at West Point, 1860-1861; title: A cadet in trouble at West Point; title: Graduation and military service in the war at last; title: Battles and bridges.