Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War
Lee’s retreating Army of Northern Virginia
as it would take longer for the candle to burn down to the rim
and directed the movements of his army accordingly
Their courtship and romance
A Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship, and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign (Gene Barr - DLM) confederate Under the Crescent Moon withA Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship, and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign by Gene Barr More than 150 years ago, 27 year old Irish immigrant Josiah Moore met 19 year old Jennie Lindsay, a member of one of Peoria, Illinoiss most prominent families. The Civil War had just begun, Josiah was the captain of the 17th Illinois Infantry, and his war would be a long and bloody one. Their courtship and romance, which came to