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Getting Used to Being Shot At (Paperback)
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Getting Used to Being Shot At (Paperback)
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This collection of letters bears witness to the Civil War of the
common soldiers and junior officers of the Army of Tennessee.
Brothers Alex and Tom Spence described to their family in detail
not only the many battles in which they served, but the hardship of
campaigning (they marched literally thousands of miles), the pride
of serving in battle-proven units, and the pain of losing comrades
to bullets and disease.
The Spences were a wealthy family who owned land, slaves, and the
main hotel in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. With their successful careers
and extensive property, they were among Clark County's most
prominent families when the shadow of secession fell across
Arkansas. Four years later, Arkansas would be ravaged by war, and
Tom and Alex Spence would lie in soldiers' graves, far from home.
Mark Christ has assembled their powerful letters from a collection
in the Old State House Museum, weaving in other letters from their
extended family and friends, brief but thorough introductions to
each chapter, and evocative photographs. The story moves
chronologically from the outset of war to the final letter from
Alex's grieving fiancee.
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