Description This book offers a unique firsthand account of the experiences of a teenage officer in America s Civil War.
Second Lieutenant Thomas James Howell was only seventeen years old when he received his commission to serve the 3rdNew Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Featuring sixty-five letters that Howell wrote home to his family, this book describes soldier life in the Army of the Potomac during the spring and summer of 1862, focusing on Howell s experiences during Majo.
Lehigh University Press This will make a man of me: the life and letters of a teenage officer in the civil war/james m. scythes
