A Place Called Appomattox
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: January 24, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780809328314
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Military - United States; United States - 19th Century; United States - Civil War
First sentence: John Raine might have been forgiven a touch of melancholy on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, for in the spring of 1845 the half-century mark served as an even greater reminder of man's mortality than it would in a more salubrious time.