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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 10 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gerrish , Theodore 1846 - (search)
Gerrish, Theodore 1846-
Author; born in Houlton, Me., June 19, 1846; received an academic education; served in the Civil War, being wounded four times.
In 1871-88 he was a Methodist Episcopal minister at various places in Maine.
His publications include Reminiscences of the War; The Blue and the Gray, etc.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Literary notices. (search)
Literary notices.
Army life—A private's reminiscences of the civil war. By Rev. Theodore Gerrish, late a member of the Twentieth Maine.
Portland: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham.
We have read this book through with unflagging interest, and in the main, with great pleasure.
As a vivid narrative of what a private soldier in the Army of the Potomac saw, and felt during those days of camp, march, bivouack, battlefield and hospital, it possesses great interest and value.
And as long as Mr. Gerrish confines himself to what he saw, his narrative is, doubtless, accurate and valuable material for the historian who shall wish to write the inside life of that great army ter pay our respects to some of these remarkable utterances— remarkable for one writing in 1882 instead of 1865—and show up their utter absurdity.
Meantime, if Mr. Gerrish can produce a single one of the orders from General Lee or President Davis, or any other prominent Confederate leader which, either directly or indirectly, appr<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Literary Notices. (search)
Literary Notices.
The Blue and the Gray.
By Rev Theodore Gerrish, Private in the Army of the Potomac, author of Reminiscences of the War, and Rev. John S. Hutchinson, Private in the Army of Northern Virginia.
Bangor, Me: Brady, Mace & Co. 1884.
We have received from the publishers (through their agent, Captain James G. Read, corner Fifth and Clay streets, Richmond) a copy of this well gotten — up book.
The preface avows as the objects of the book to give a full and impartial history of the campaigns of these two grand armies, showing the relative forces engaged, &c., to preserve the incidents, reminiscences and amusing anecdotes of the private soldiers of both, and to show the fraternal feelings which now exists between the soldiers of these once fiercely opposing armies.
There are very pleasant introductory letters from Colonel Augustus C. Hamlin, of Maine, and General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia.
Not having yet found time to read the book carefully, as we propose doing