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The Civil War Letters of Samuel A. Burney, Cobb's Georgia Legion, Army of Northern Virginia

By: Samuel Augustus Burney

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The Civil War Letters of Samuel A. Burney, Cobb's Georgia Legion, Army of Northern Virginia

By: Samuel Augustus Burney

Samuel A. Burney, born in April 1840, was the son of Thomas Jefferson Burney and Julia Shields Burney. He graduated from Mercer University (then at Penfield, Georgia) in 1860. He joined the Panola Guards, an infantry component of Thomas R. R. Cobb's Georgia Legion, in July 1861. For the next four years he served in the Army of Northern Virginia both in Virginia and in Tennessee. Burney was wounded at Chancellorsville in May 1863, and as a result of his wound he was placed in disability in March 1864 and served the remainder of the war on commissary duty in southwest Georgia. After the war, Burney returned to Mercer's school of theology, was ordained into the Baptist ministry, and served as pastor of several churches in Morgan County. He was pastor of the Madison Baptist Church until shortly before his death in 1896. These letters of a college graduate written to his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Shepherd Burney are lyrical and beautifully written. Burney describes battles, camp life, theology, and the day-to-day dreariness of life in the army. This is an astounding collection of letters for anyone interested in the Civil War, or the South.

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Mercer University Press

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0865548161

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The Civil War Letters of Samuel A. Burney, Cobb's Georgia Legion, Army of Northern Virginia

By: Samuel Augustus Burney

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The Letters of Samuel Wesley

Professional and Social Correspondence, 1797-1837

By: Samuel Wesley

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The Letters of Samuel Wesley

Professional and Social Correspondence, 1797-1837

By: Samuel Wesley

Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) was the son of the hymn-writer Charles Wesley and the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. He was one of the leading composers in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, and the finest organist of his day. He was also a misfit and a rebel, renowned for his outspoken views, his frequently wild behavior, and his irregular personal life. His music has become increasingly well known in recent years, and these letters to his friends and fellow musicians, over 400 of which are gathered together here for the first time, present both a witty, perceptive, and unparalleled portrait of Wesley the man, and an insiders view of life in the music profession in London in the early nineteenth-century.

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OUP Oxford

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0198164238

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9780198164234

The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III

1777-1781

By: Samuel Johnson

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The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III

1777-1781

By: Samuel Johnson

The Hyde Edition offers scores of texts transcribed for the first time from the original documents a feature of special importance in the case of Johnson's revealing letters to Hester Thrale, many of which have been available only in expurgated form. The Hyde Edition is also the first systematically to record substantive deletions, which can yield intimate knowledge of Johnson's stylistic procedures, mental habits, and chains of association. Furthermore, its ownership credits document the current disposition of the manuscripts, hundreds of which have changed hands during the last four decades. Finally, the annotation of the letters incorporates the many significant discoveries of postwar Johnsonian scholarship, as well as decoding references that had previously resisted explanation. The result is a far richer understanding of Samuel Johnson's life, work, and milieu. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400862132

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A Southern Soldier's Letters Home

A Southern Soldier's Letters Home

A Southern Soldier's Letters Home

A Southern Soldier's Letters Home

The Letters of Samuel Wesley

The Letters of Samuel Wesley

The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III

The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III

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