A middle-class New England Protestant, Joseph Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics.
He writes about politics and slavery and the theological and cultural divide between him and his men..
This selection of Twichell\'s Letters chronicles the life on the road, in battle, and in camp.
A middle-class New England Protestant, Joseph Twichell served for three years in a regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics