Just & Holy Cause (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780881465693)

A JUST AND HOLY CAUSE? details the life of the family of Lieutenant Marcus Bethune Ely and his unit, the Russell Guards (Co. H, 54th Georgia Regiment.) The Russell Guards were organized in Columbus, Georgia by Captain Charles R. Russell in May 1862. Most of the recruits were from Muscogee and Harris County. Elys letters are filled with accounts of happenings from the spring of 1862 until late April 1864 in the coastal area from below Savannah, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina. Letters from Elys wife Martha describe day-to-day life as well as hardships at home.

Author: Linda S. McCardle
ISBN-10: 0881465690
ISBN-13: 9780881465693
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2016
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d