The Diary of a Dead Man, 1862-1864: The Unedited Diary and Letters of Ira Pettit, a Union Private, Who Fought on the Battlefields of Chancellorsville, ... Prison by Ira S. Pettit (2000-05-03)

By Ira S. Pettit and compiled by Jean P. Ray Pettit, Private Ira S.

Book Overview

The unedited diary and letters of Ira Pettit, a Union Private, who fought on the battlefields of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness, and who died in the squalor of Andersonville Prison. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915992027
• ISBN13: 9780915992027
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Eastern Acorn Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

powerful images

I bought a copy of this, on impulse, in the bookshop at the Gettysburg battle field, during the 1970s. It impressed me considerably. It has vivid images of Andersonville prison camp. I shared it with a friend who also found it memorable.