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From western deserts to Carolina swamps

Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908.

From western deserts to Carolina swamps a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / [electronic resource] : edited by John P. Wilson. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (288 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The search for Lewis Roe -- Retracing the march of the 7th Infantry, June-August 1860 -- Fort Bridger to Fort Craig : Lewis Roe's 1860 diary -- Escort duty in the Southwest and the Battle of Valverde -- Reenlistment, joining Sherman's army, and the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign, February-May 22, 1864 -- Rome, Georgia, and the Battle of Allatoona, May 23-November 9, 1864 -- The march to the sea, November 10-December 14, 1864 -- Savannah, Georgia, December 15, 1864-January 26, 1865 -- Up through the Carolinas, January 27-March 27, 1865 -- End of the war and home again, April-July 1865.

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Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908 --Correspondence.
Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908 --Diaries.


United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 7th.
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865)


Sherman's March through the Carolinas--Sources
Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Sources.
Sherman's March to the Sea--Sources.


Southwest, New--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.


Electronic books.

E476.69 / .R64 2012

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