Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865 (J. Gregory Acken - DLM) jeff and a deep familiarity with

and a deep familiarity with the terrain in and around Winchester and the lower Shenandoah Valley

" sketching plants along the way and recording his delighted encounters with Spanish moss

describing how shortages of malarial medicine helped erode traditional gender roles by turning genteel southern women into smugglers

From the origins of history writing

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Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862-1865 (J. Gregory Acken - DLM) jeff and a deep familiarity withby J. Gregory Acken Charles J. Mills, the scion of a wealthy, prominent Boston family, experienced a privileged upbringing and was educated at Harvard University. When the Civil War began, Mills, like many of his college classmates, sought to secure a commission in the army. After a year of unsuccessful attempts, Mills was appointed second lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Infantry in August 1862; however, he was seriously wounded at Antietam a