Keep Up Good Courage: A Yankee Family and the Civil War [Hardcover]

Alan Fraser Houston (Author)

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Publication Date: September 15, 2006

Drawn from Lewis Quimby Smith's 1864 diary, and letters from the Sandwich NH Historical Society, this title details family life in Sandwich, and the 14th Regiment of NH Volunteers' experiences in Washington, New Orleans, on the Mississippi, in Shenandoah Valley, and Savannah, Georgia. Included are the battles of Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek in the fall Shenandoah Valley campaign.

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Dr. Alan Houston graduated from Amherst College and Boston University School of Medicine. He contributes to California History, the Pioneer, and Montana, the Magazine of Western History. Author resides in Durango, CO.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 351 pages
• Publisher: Peter E. Randall Publisher (September 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931807493
• ISBN-13: 978-1931807494
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,366,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable contribution to Civil War reference shelves., November 5, 2006

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This review is from: Keep Up Good Courage: A Yankee Family and the Civil War (Hardcover)

Keep Up Good Coverage: The Correspondence of Cpl. Lewis Q. Smith of Sandwich, New Hampshire, Fourteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers 1862-1865 collects the correspondence and diaries of an ordinary man who, along with half his small New Hampshire town, volunteered to fight in the American Civil War. Author Alan Fraser Houston offers far more than just an assembly of transcribed writings; his narration places each letter or entry in explicitly detailed context of both historical events and personal happenings in Smith's life. Endnotes, an extensive bibliography, and an index round out this intimate portrait of the Civil War and its repercussions from a ground soldier's eyes. An invaluable contribution to Civil War reference shelves.