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Campaigns of a Non-Combatant

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant

George Alfred Townsend

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Editorial:
Cosimo
Año de edición:
2020
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781646791439
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“I have endeavored to reproduce not only the adventures, but the impressions of a novitiate, and I have described not merely the army and its operations, but the country invaded, and the people who inhabit it.” —George Alfred Townsend, Preface, 1866Although George Alfred Townsend is no longer a well-known name today, by the end of the Civil War he had become a popular war correspondent covering the Civil War for the New York Herald and the New York World. In 1866 his book Campaigns of a Non-Combatant and his Romaunt Abroad during the War was published. This book represented his reflections on the Civil War and on his two-year journey in Europe during the war.Campaigns of a Non-Combatant and his Romaunt Abroad during the War is a must read for historians, fellow journalists, and all who are interested in personal stories about the Civil War.

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