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Author: Anne Ball Ryals
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"...with its extensive, authoritative annotations and chapter introductions, this volume is a fine addition to studies of Civil War Texas, one that anyone examining the war in the Trans-Mississippi West will want to peruse. In addition, the appended medicinal book provides an intriguing tour of botanical remedies of the era."
(Paula Marks
Southwestern Historical Quarterly 20120401)
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A fascinating set of letters between a husband and wife who are faced with the challenges of the Civil War and separation in the Trans-Mississippi Theatre. - Donald S. Frazier
To me, what was most important is the letters showed Gus's love of God and love of his family, especially of his wife. Gus was very family-oriented. - Anne Ball Ryals
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- Hardcover: 528 pages
- Publisher: State House Press (October 25, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933337427
- ISBN-13: 978-1933337425
- Product Dimensions: 1.7 x 6.3 x 9.1 inches
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[Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball edited by Donald S. Frazier and Andrew Hillhouse, transcribed by Anne Ball Ryals (State House Press, 2010). Cloth, 21 maps, photos, notes, bibliography, index. 523 pp. ISBN:978-1-933337-42-5 $59.95]
Like many contemporaries seeking a better life in the west, 27 year old native Georgian Augustus "Gus" V. Ball planned to emigrate to Texas with his new bride. Unfortunately for the young couple, their timing could not have been worse. Just weeks before their wedding, first Georgia then Texas seceded, casting doubt on peaceful pursuits. Ball was a graduate of the Reform Medical College in Macon, Georgia, an institution that followed the teachings of New England herbalist Samuel Thomson, the founder of a nineteenth century movement to cure bodily ills with botanical concoctions. Licensed only in Georgia, Ball in 1862 was not exempt from conscription in Texas. Joining the war effort a year after his arrival in the state, he enlisted with the 23rd Texas Cavalry as a private and was assigned hospital attendant duties.
In the remarkable new book Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball, Ball's wartime correspondence (mostly to his wife, Argent, but also to and from friends and family), transcribed by descendant Ann Ball Ryals and edited by noted Trans-Mississippi Civil War historian Donald Frazier, is given a classy treatment. Maps and photographs abound, and Frazier's work goes beyond that usually found in books of this type. The letters are grouped into chapters roughly by campaign, each of which is introduced by an essay preparing the reader for the events that follow with detailed background information and context.