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- Dec 23, 2014
My son#1, the reenactor, is trying to find good Union first-hand accounts of the Seven Days. He was led to two diaries/memoirs. The first, Col. Charles S. Wainwright's Diary of Battle (ed. Allan Nevins), was a bust--Wainwright became ill during Seven Pines and was sent home on sick leave for two months. The second, Gen. Orlando B. Willcox' Forgotten Valor (ed. Robert Garth Scott) was also a bust because Wilcox was still "touring southern prisons" after being captured at First Bull Run. Both are interesting reading (I've read one and started the other), but neither was present for the Seven Days.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good first-hand account (preferably Union) of the Seven Days?
Thanks!
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good first-hand account (preferably Union) of the Seven Days?
Thanks!