A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Stephen E. Towne - DLM) #70 Joseph Wheeler launched a savage

Joseph Wheeler launched a savage surprise attack on Kilpatrick's sleeping camp

Johnathan O’Neill

When soldiers returned home after the war with these new attitudes

while also pressing the president to emancipate the country’s slaves and recognize black rights

Despite those accolades

A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Stephen E. Towne - DLM) #70 Joseph Wheeler launched a savageby Stephen E. Towne The ninety letters in this collection document the Civil War career of Col. Edward Jesup Wood, an officer of the 48th Indiana. Evocative and rich in detail, A Fierce, Wild Joy offers a view of the war from an officer's perspective and provides important insights into the day to day administration of a Civil War regiment. Wood was born in Florida to a Connecticut father and a slave owning mother, and orphaned in early youth. He was