A new book chronicles the wartime diaries and mis-adventures of Ephraim Miner, a Western Pennsylvania farmer boy whose eardrums were shattered and his feet frostbitten at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He spent more than 2 1/2 years languishing in the Armys ill-prepared health care and convalescent system, bouncing from Washington to Baltimore, New York, Indiana and Ohio. In the process, he crosses paths with Civil War nurse Walt Whitman (who was in the habit of giving cheap blank diaries to soldiers), President Lincoln (at the only battle he ever watched in person), and Generals George…mehr
A new book chronicles the wartime diaries and mis-adventures of Ephraim Miner, a Western Pennsylvania farmer boy whose eardrums were shattered and his feet frostbitten at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He spent more than 2 1/2 years languishing in the Armys ill-prepared health care and convalescent system, bouncing from Washington to Baltimore, New York, Indiana and Ohio. In the process, he crosses paths with Civil War nurse Walt Whitman (who was in the habit of giving cheap blank diaries to soldiers), President Lincoln (at the only battle he ever watched in person), and Generals George McClellan (who shook the soldiers' hands) and George Meade (who meted out punishment to Ephraims regiment for insubordination). Americas Civil War says the book "Walks readers through Ephraims experience Ephraim is real to the reader." The Civil War News notes that there is " hardly a page where there are not one or more illustrations, such as photographs, period woodcuts or reproductions of Ephraim Miners diaries." The Western Pennsylvania History magazine of the Senator John Heinz History Center, an associate of the Smithsonian Institution, says "One will not find stirring accounts of battle, but entries that describe day-to-day life of a young man who continued to serve his country despite being hobbled by illness and a battle injury
Mark A. Miner is an award-winning entrepreneur, writer, editor and publisher who has had a lifelong interest in the Civil War. With a journalism degree from West Virginia University, he has built a professional career spanning nearly three decades. In 2005, he was named to the Renaissance Hall of Fame of the prestigious Public Relations Society of America for his contributions in the fields of law, engineering and accounting. He is CEO of Mark Miner Communications, LLC, a corporate communications consultancy serving professional service firm. He also is CEO of Minerd.com Publishing, LLC, publisher of Well At This Time: The Civil War Diaries and Army Convalescence Saga of Farmboy Ephraim Miner, and of Forged in Steel: The Seven Time-Tested Leadership Principles Practiced by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the community, he is a board director of the American Cancer Society in Pittsburgh, co-chair of the board of trustees of the Beaver (PA) Area Heritage Museum and president of Malin Bergquist Charities, Inc. He also is a regular guest lecturer at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. Since 1995, he has been president of the national Minerd-Minard-Miner-Minor Reunion, and since 2000 has been webmaster of Minerd.com, named by Family Tree Magazine as one of the top 10 family websites in the nation. He and his wife Liz reside in Beaver, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
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