{"product_id":"the-civil-war-letters-of-joshua-k-callaway","title":"The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma  Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge  junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home  written between April 1862 and November 1863  chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate soldier to a weary veteran who longs to be at home. Callaway was a schoolteacher  husband  and father of two when he enlisted in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the age of twenty-seven. Serving with the Army of the Tennessee  he campaigned in Mississippi  Kentucky  Tennessee  and north Georgia. Along the way this perceptive observer and gifted writer wrote a continuous narrative detailing the activities  concerns  hopes  fears  discomforts  and pleasures of a Confederate soldier in the field. Whether writing about combat  illness  encampments  or homesickness  Callaway makes even the everyday aspects of soldiering interesting. This large collection  seventy-four letters in all  is a valuable historical reference that provides new insights into life behind the front lines of the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964533141557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0820318868","price":38.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780820318868.jpg?v=1770464941","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-civil-war-letters-of-joshua-k-callaway","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}