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This Will Make a Man of Me : The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War.

Scythes, James M.

This Will Make a Man of Me : The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (197 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: "The Rough Life of a Soldier" -- Part II: "Hot Work Soon Enough" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book presents a firsthand account of the experiences of seventeen-year-old Second Lieutenant Thomas James Howell during Major General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. Howell's story offers the reader a unique perspective of a young man coming of age in the Union army during the Civil War.

9781611462197


United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.


Electronic books.

E6056 -- .S398 2016eb

973.741092

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