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Yours for the Union: The Civil War Letters of John W. Chase, First Massachusetts Light Artillery - Couverture souple

Collier, John S.; Collier, Bonnie B.

 
9780823223046: Yours for the Union: The Civil War Letters of John W. Chase, First Massachusetts Light Artillery
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0823223043 ISBN 13 : 9780823223046
Editeur : Fordham University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Yours for the Union is a collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John Chase's reports of his service with the Army of the Potomac, reveal what the war was really like for the men who fought it.

Chase was a 36 year-old cabinetmaker from Roxbury, a widower with four young children when he enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Light Artillery. These well written letters portray a man who is trying to provide for his children, maintain his finances, obtain food and clothing to supplement his meager rations, all while marching in the mud and fighting a war. While he was a patriotic Northerner, his occasionally crude language reflects his strong opinion of abolitionists, and especially, of abolitionist politicians.

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À propos de l'auteur

John S. Collier, great-great grandson of John W. Chase, and Bonnie B. Collier are both retired and live in Maryland.

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Éditeur
Fordham University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0823223043
ISBN 13 
9780823223046
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
456
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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