{"product_id":"9780989691345","title":"What the Private Saw: The Civil War Letters \u0026 Diaries of Oney Foster Sweet","description":"\"The generals did not see what the privates saw.\" So wrote U.S. Civil War veteran Pvt. Oney Foster Sweet, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, 43rd Pennsylvania Volunteers (14th Reserves), Battery F (Ricketts' Battery), 1861-1865.\u003cp\u003eHis previously unpublished letters, diaries, and retrospective pieces offer a unique glimpse of the war from the view of a private simply trying to survive a deadly conflagration in which one in five combatants perished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first-hand account of what the private saw is a distinctive addition to the many existing volumes on the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is edited and annotated by Larry M. Edwards, an award-winning author, editor, and investigative journalist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wigeon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029710553328,"sku":"9780989691345","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780989691345_p0.jpg?v=1769914980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989691345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}