Description: Among the most extant volumes of Civil War correspondence penned by military men, few can boast of the writing quality of Dear Courier. The Yankee-turned-Rebel was both fighter and journalist: second lieutenant of the Rome Light Guards and editor of the Rome Courier.
Brief description:
Ford Risleyis a professor in the College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Civil War Journalism and Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle Against Slavery.
Review Quotes:
"Dwinnell's extensive, well-written, and detailed letters are some of the best I've seen from a soldier correspondent. This volume will have wide appeal to readers interested in the campaigns of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia."--Keith S. Bohannon, University of West Georgia