During the Civil War, a family group of five young men marched away to Big Bethel, and two lived to lay down their arms at Appomattox. Through their letters and diaries, they left a testimony to what men they were, and how they fought and triumphed and lost. This first reprint, written from the common soldier's viewpoint, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1956.
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During the Civil War, a family group of five young men marched away to Big Bethel, and two lived to lay down their arms at Appomattox. Through their letters and diaries, they left a testimony to what men they were, and how they fought and triumphed and lost. This first reprint, written from the common soldier's viewpoint, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1956.
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