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"Corporal Edwin J. Barden (Ned) wrote letters to his girl Sara (and later his wife) while assigned to General Grant's headquarters from 1861-1865. As a soldier in the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, he documented Union army and navy battles, weapons, travels, and movements. These letters provide an up-close soldier's view of life on the front lines, and include officer assessments, horrid weather, transient housing, poor food, hung deserters, and valiant ""colored"" forces fighting battles in Texas long after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. Through his eyes, you experience this horrid time in history with a real-time view of civil war life, leadership, and a love that sustained two people. Ned and Sara married in 1864 and built a family that will spawn five generations of military fighting men. These letters are transcribed exactly as delightfully written. They provide a spellbinding look at a soldier's life in the Union Army and at an enduring love during a war that split apart a growing nation. Of great historical significance, a 1905 published book was discovered while transcribing these letters that was written by Stephen Walkley, another soldier and Unit Historian in the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. ""History of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Hawley's Brigade, Terry's Division Tenth Army Corps 1861-1865"" Twentysix chapter introductions from this amazing history book allow the reader to follow the war and the unit's role as Ned's letters progress through the years. The editors preserved the punctuation and spelling as written. Spacing is only partially preserved due to formatting. Corporal Barden wrote the orders, received the battle and casualty reports, and saw the horrors at the soldier and commander levels. Observe the spelling and punctuation improve as the years progress. Laugh, cry and gasp at the stories fresh from the battlefields."

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Fascinating view of the civil war through the eyes of a young soldier in the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. I really enjoyed reading a book about the Civil War from the perspective of a young man on the front lines instead a historian's view of events. I also was very interested to see the differences in expressions between then and now, such as referring to someone going to their long home when they died. The author adds a helpful touch with links to pertinent references and events throughout the book. The letters to Sara are raw and authentic with no editing to correct grammar and spelling. Keeping Ned's errors make it a bit slower to read but retains the authentic feel of the letters. - July 2021 This very real story told through letters to his girl makes history come alive! War seen from a soldier's view I'd different and engaging. Sara must be an amazing lady. Connecticut should be proud. - June 2021 An excellent read that not only pulls you in but also gives you a first-hand look into, and a real feeling of, what it must have been like to be a soldier on the front lines of such a historical time in our country! Highly recommended! - August 2021

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www.swordsandseals.com Colonel Robert Adams, MD is a US Naval Academy graduate who served thirty-six years in the Navy and Army as a Navy SEAL, the DELTA Force Command Surgeon, and an Army family medicine physician (with obstetrics). Wake Forest Medical School, then an Army residency at Madigan Army Medical center in Tacoma, Washington was followed by service with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. After the military he built a thriving private practice in North Carolina where he won numerous awards for clinical excellence and practiced for 13 more years, retiring in 2020. Claudia Adams-Estes his mother transcribed most of the letters before she died and passed the effort to her son Robert Adams.

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