In their letters, in their words [electronic resource] : Illinois Civil War soldiers write home / edited by Mark Flotow.
"This book examines 165 Illinois Civil War soldiers' and sailors' military lives. Letter writers lived in Illinois at the time of their enlistment, hailed from counties throughout the state, served in different branches of the military at different ranks, fought in a wide array of military campaigns...
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| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
[2019]
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In Their Letters, in Their Words: Illinois Civil War Soldiers Write Home |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| 246 | 2 | |a In Their Letters, in Their Words: Illinois Civil War Soldiers Write Home | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Carbondale : |b Southern Illinois University Press, |c [2019] | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Write oftener : a lifeline of letters -- Calls to arms : Illinois citizens become soldiers -- Camp life : bonding with the boys -- Soldiering : mastering military life -- Managing affairs from afar : family, politics, and love -- Seeing the elephant : from guerrilla warfare to pitched battles -- Interactions and artifacts : southern culture through northern eyes -- Soldiers sound off : officers, generals, and "old Abe" -- Feared more than the enemy's bullets : diseases and sickness -- Writing the indescribable : prisoner-of-war experiences -- Soldiers no more : the four ways of leaving the military. | |
| 520 | |a "This book examines 165 Illinois Civil War soldiers' and sailors' military lives. Letter writers lived in Illinois at the time of their enlistment, hailed from counties throughout the state, served in different branches of the military at different ranks, fought in a wide array of military campaigns, and represented the gamut of experiences and outcomes"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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