With Sheridan in the Civil War (Abridged, Annotated)

By Charles Alfred Humphreys

Fresh out of Harvard Divinity School, Charles Humphreys joined the Second Massachusetts Cavalry as chaplain. Erudite, eloquent, and keenly aware of the history being made around him in the field, Humphreys left one of the most interesting memoirs of the American Civil War.He was on the front lines, caring for the other young men around him physically, emotionally, and spiritually, Humphreys did not shy from danger or bloodshed. He saw it all. He even wrote of the thrill of danger when faced with death. The Second spent considerable time in pursuit of John Mosby's guerrillas and Humphreys was once nearly captured by them. Later he did spend some time in a Confederate prison camp.The Second Massachusetts was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. But Humphreys saw much of Grant's Overland Campaign and he lost a younger brother at Cold Harbor. There are many fascinating anecdotes of the famous men among whom he served, including the nephew of James Russell Lowell, the first editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519056311
• ISBN13: 9781519056313
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"