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A Gentleman and an Officer

A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War

A Gentleman and an Officer( )
Author: McArthur, Judith N.
Burton, Orville Vernon
Foreword by: McPherson, James M.
ISBN:978-0-19-509312-4
Publication Date:Dec 1996
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $48.99
Book Description:

This book is a collection of letters from James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina. With a strong introduction from the editors, this book recounts an officer's Civil War and provides a social and military history.

Book Details
Pages:392
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.19 x 1.092 Inches
Book Weight:1.1 Pounds
Author Biography
McArthur, Judith N. (Author)
James M. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won a Pulitzer Prize in history, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, a Lincoln Prize winner. He is the George Henry Davis Professor of American History at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he also lives.

His newest book, entitled Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a short, but detailed look at this president's life. 030



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