Richard and Rhoda: Letters from the Civil War
- Author: Marion G. Phillips and Valerie Phillips Parsegian
- SKU: 1462
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$25.00
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Ed by Marion G. Phillips and Valerie Phillips Parsegian. 128pp. 37 photos, maps, illus., and original documents. Frontispiece photo. Endpapers, dj. 8½”x11”. Legation Press. 1981. $25.00.
“The book is well edited and beautifully printed. In every respect it is one of the best editions of Civil War letters I have seen.” - James M. McPherson, Princeton University Department of History.
In 1862 at the age of eighteen Richard Phillips went off to serve his country and his president in the cause for civil rights and the abolition of slavery. His correspondence with his family and his girlfriend Rhoda describes his war experiences in sober, visual detail, sometimes shocking, occasionally humorous.
