Meade's Army. The Private Notebooks Of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 518 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A first-person account of the last campaigns of the Civil WarLt. Col. Theodore Lyman served as Gen. George Gordon Meades aide-de-camp from September 1863 until the end of the Civil War. Lyman was a Harvard-trained natural scientist who was exceptionally disciplined in recording the events, the players, and his surroundings during his wartime duty. His private notebooks document his keen observations. Published here for the first time, Meades Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman contains anecdotes, concise vignettes of officers, and lively descriptions of military campaigns as witnessed by this key figure in the Northern war effort.Lyman may well be the finest chronicler of the day-to-day experiences of a staff officer in the Civil War, and his notebook entries have an immediacy, coming as close to real-time reporting as possible. As combat raged, Lyman penciled notations into his dispatch books, including exact times when Meade issued orders and when units deployed. He later transformed his notes into a coherent, historically accurate narrative, filling the account with personal and military details that few others were in a position to observe and including his sketches and hand-drawn maps showing the positions of the army after every significant movement.With Meades Army, editor David W. Lowe has completed a task that should have been undertaken long ago: a proper and scholarly editing of Lymans journals. The publication of this significant resource will give historians and students of the Civil War a clearer understanding of the last great campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and of the men who led it."Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman is already well-known to students and scholars of the Civil War for his extensive letters first published in 1922. As a member of General George Meades staff from September 1863 until the end of the war, Lyman provided colorful commentary on the inner workings of the Army of the Potomac. Now, with the discovery and publication of Lymans "private notebooks," readers will find even more of his illuminating observations. Historian David W. Lowe has salvaged these largely forgotten notebooks, carefully edited them, and made them easily accessible. Wonderfully rich in military detail, Meades Army offers a wealth of information from one of the wars most perceptive chroniclers." -- Lesley J. Gordon, Series Editor, Civil War in the North

ISBN: 9780873389013