From the Potomac to the Etowah is a compilation of annotated letters written to The Congregationalist newspaper in Boston during the American Civil War by Alonzo Hall Quint, Chaplain of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 2nd Massachusetts is a regiment about which much has been written due in part to their being one of a handful of regiments that fought in both theaters of the American Civil War, as well as its ranks containing a large proportion of officers from the well-heeled Bostonian families. As the regimental chaplain, Quint was uniquely placed to observe both the...
From the Potomac to the Etowah is a compilation of annotated letters written to The Congregationalist newspaper in Boston during the American Civil Wa...