A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Stephen E. Towne - DLM) trial A personal acquaintance of Harriet

A personal acquaintance of Harriet Beecher Stowe and abolitionist John Brown

and which he would seek in particular for enslaved Black Americans

Some commanders took seriously the threat posed by the southern disease environment and planned accordingly

a free black soldier of the 1st South Carolina Artillery who defended Fort Wagner in July 1863

Contains more than 500 color photos taken by the author or members of his family

A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Stephen E. Towne - DLM) trial A personal acquaintance of Harrietby Stephen E. Towne The ninety letters in this collection document the Civil War career of Col. Edward Jesup Wood, an officer of the 48th Indiana. Evocative and rich in detail, A Fierce, Wild Joy offers a view of the war from an officer's perspective and provides important insights into the day to day administration of a Civil War regiment. Wood was born in Florida to a Connecticut father and a slave owning mother, and orphaned in early youth. He was