Jewish Colonel in the Civil War

• Utgivningsdatum: 1995-05-01
• Mått: 140 x 216 x 21 mm
• Vikt: 482 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 353
• Förlag: University of Nebraska Press
• ISBN: 9780803292321

• Tidigmodern militärhistoria
• Amerikas historia
• Inbördeskrig
• Biografi: historia, politik och försvar

Jean Powers Soman is a great-great-granddaughter of Marcus Spiegel. Her coeditor, Frank L. Byrne, is a professor of history at Kent State University and the editor of several books, including Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers.

"The greatest consolation I have during the last two weeks of continual fighting, marching, and hardship is that lovely picture of you and the dear children. . . . I am looking at it about 5 times an hour and I fear that sometimes I am talking to it. As soon as Vicksburg falls, I will come home and stay at least one month."—letter from Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel to his wife, 23 May 1863 "There were only a handful of Jewish officers in either army. . . . An extraordinary view not only of the battles but of the greater American political, cultural, and social milieu as a recently arrived outsider saw it. . . . Well organized, skillfully annotated, and an eloquent delight to read, this fine book adds a long-needed and fresh dimension to both Jewish and Civil War scholarship."—Journal of Southern History "A wonderfully vivid and detailed picture of military life . . . one virtually hears the Colonel's voice. One also comes to see this proud, enthusiastic, not impractical idealist as a friend, whose death, when his luck finally runs out, causes real grief."—Atlantic Monthly

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