Diary of a Christian Soldier
Subtitle: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521823340
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Civil war; History of religion; Slavery & emancipation; United States; Kinsley, Rufus,; Historical - U.S.; Vermont; Biography / Autobiography; Soldiers; History: American; USA; Military; People of Color; History / United States / 19th Century; Diaries; United States - Civil War; d. 1911; Modern - 19th Century; Abolitionists; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Louisiana; Personal narratives
First sentence: NOVEMBER 29, 1861. Enlisted at St. Albans, for the 8th Vermont Regt., for service in Butler's Brigade, designed to operate in the Gulf of Mexico, against New Orleans, Mobile, and other rebellious cities of the South.