Blue as Blue Can Be: Letters Home From Private Alpheus Fairbanks Of The 45th OVI

by Robert Kendall

This book recounts the experiences of Alpheus Fairbanks, a Civil War soldier as seen from his letters home. He offers an inside view of the conflicting attitudes of the two sides during his service, mostly in Kentucky. Do it my way vs We're in it together--Two divergent cultural attitudes characterized the two sides in this civil war. In the south everyone wanted to do things his own way. Theirs was an 'every man for himself 'culture. The north saw...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478701145
• ISBN13: 9781478701149
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"