A Damned Iowa Greyhound: The Civil War Letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton by Donald C. Elder III - 1998-05-01

University of Iowa Press, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Of Iowa Press (1998), Edition: 1, 236 pages, 1998. Hardcover. A Damned Iowa Greyhound: The Civil War Letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton by Donald C. Elder Iii (1998)

Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1998. xiii, 231 pp., dark-blue cloth w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; DJ shows small wrinkle to front edge of spine / "William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp." Table of Contents: Introduction; 1. "We Were Mustered into the Service Yesterday" 2. "We Are in the `Army of the Frontier'" 3. "It Was a Perfect Slaughter Pen" 4. "Vicksburg Is Ours" 5. "We Held Them at Bay for Two Hours" 6. "If the North Would Remain United" 7. "We… Read More

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1998. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 231 pp., Edited by Donald C. Elder III. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University Of Iowa Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!