My dearest Lilla : letters home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox / edited by Gene Schmiel.

First edition.

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]

xxvii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

"Most of the letters in this collection are to Cox's wife, Helen. This volume's editor, Gene Schmiel, wrote a well-regarded biography of Cox in 2014. In 2012, Schmiel was made aware that Oberlin College had a cache of letters that had been transcribed by Cox's great granddaughter, and the cache turned out to contain 213 letters written to his wife during the Civil War. Well-known for his incredibly detailed postwar writing about campaigns, Cox reveals himself in these letters as an ambitious, warmhearted, and concerned observer of the progress of the war. The letters reflect his service in the Maryland Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, and Franklin-Nashville Campaign"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900. My dearest Lilla First edition. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2023

English

December 05, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.