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- catalog abstract ""When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris wrote his first letter to his beloved wife, Lydia, in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that would span the duration of the Civil War. A former Ohio legislator, Voris filled his letters with keen insights into the daily life of soldiers, army politics, and such issues as the morality of combat and the evils of slavery. Often heartwrenching and invariably gripping, the 428 letters collected in this volume form an unbroken and unique Civil War chronicle."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12588818.
- catalog contributor b12588819.
- catalog coverage "Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris wrote his first letter to his beloved wife, Lydia, in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that would span the duration of the Civil War. A former Ohio legislator, Voris filled his letters with keen insights into the daily life of soldiers, army politics, and such issues as the morality of combat and the evils of slavery. Often heartwrenching and invariably gripping, the 428 letters collected in this volume form an unbroken and unique Civil War chronicle."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-307) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction "I cannot bear to think of a dismembered country" -- "Soldering is romantic indeed": Illusion and the first battle of Kernstown -- "The 67th has not been stationary: the Shenandoah Valley campagin -- "Terrible realities of a protracted and savage war": the peninsula campaign -- "Never ceasing scramble for this bauble glory": the Charleston siege and Fort Wagner -- "Old promptly has returned": Charleston unconquered -- "Days of intense anxiety and peril": the army of the James -- "Constantly under fire": the Bermuda hundred front -- "A desolated country cursed by slavery and slavery's war: Stalemate and monotony at Bermuda hundred -- "I would not feel it any degradation to command colored troops": Trench warfare, deep bottom, and Darbytown Road -- "Each day brings the war so much near a close": The Appomattox campaign -- "A black woman had rights": Reconstruction in Virginia.".
- catalog extent "xi, 321 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0875802982 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/471 21".
- catalog subject "E525.5 67th .V67 2002".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 67th (1861-1865)".
- catalog subject "Voris, Alvin C. Correspondence.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction "I cannot bear to think of a dismembered country" -- "Soldering is romantic indeed": Illusion and the first battle of Kernstown -- "The 67th has not been stationary: the Shenandoah Valley campagin -- "Terrible realities of a protracted and savage war": the peninsula campaign -- "Never ceasing scramble for this bauble glory": the Charleston siege and Fort Wagner -- "Old promptly has returned": Charleston unconquered -- "Days of intense anxiety and peril": the army of the James -- "Constantly under fire": the Bermuda hundred front -- "A desolated country cursed by slavery and slavery's war: Stalemate and monotony at Bermuda hundred -- "I would not feel it any degradation to command colored troops": Trench warfare, deep bottom, and Darbytown Road -- "Each day brings the war so much near a close": The Appomattox campaign -- "A black woman had rights": Reconstruction in Virginia.".
- catalog title "A citizen-soldier's Civil War : the letters of Brevet Major General Alvin C. Voris / edited by Jerome Mushkat.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".