Toward a More Perfect Union : The Civil War Letters of Frederic and Elizabeth Lockley /

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"Toward a More Perfect Union is an extraordinary book of husband-and-wife letters written during the Civil War, selected from the Frederic E. Lockley Collection at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Appearing here are 162 letters exchanged between Frederic Lockley and his wife El...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lockley, Frederic E., 1824-1905
Otros Autores: Rankin, Charles E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lockley, Elizabeth, > 1843-1929 > Correspondence.
Lockley, Frederic E., > 1824-1905 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > New York Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865)
United States. > Army. > New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, 7th (1862-1865)
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Wives > New York (State) > Albany > Correspondence.
Married people > New York (State) > Correspondence.
Soldiers > New York (State) > Correspondence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
New York > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Setting
  • "Days of Roman heroism"
  • August 13 to September 9, 1862
  • "It's all for our country"
  • September 13 to November 22, 1862
  • "Not exactly a bed of roses"
  • December 10 to December 25, 1862
  • "We must ride the tempest"
  • January 21 to May 10, 1863
  • "Your letters are my meat & drink"
  • May 13 to June 7, 1863
  • "Would you fancy the surprise?"
  • June 10 to July 8, 1863
  • "I am at my old lunes"
  • July 15 to September 30, 1863
  • "Hope is the anchor of the soul"
  • October 4 to October 28, 1863
  • "A rather scandalous affair"
  • November 22, 1863, to January 1, 1864
  • "This morning that boy was buried"
  • January 10 to March 19, 1864
  • "I left Josey standing on the stoop"
  • March 22 to April 21, 1864
  • "Sergt. Major! We have got our orders!"
  • May 8 to June 21, 1864
  • "Soldiering in its roughest, sternest form"
  • June 22 to July 8, 1864
  • "An epoch of endurance"
  • July 10 to August 7, 1864
  • "No Sundays in the army"
  • August 15 to September 21, 1864
  • "Fighting is almost incessant"
  • September 25 to October 12, 1864
  • "Which ticket are you going to vote?"
  • October 13 to November 7, 1864
  • "Johnnies deserting by wholesale"
  • December 1, 1864, to January 27, 1865
  • "The fighting is nearly over"
  • February 10 to March 7, 1865
  • "The little mischief"
  • March 12 to April 14, 1865
  • "A soul struggling to be free"
  • April 16 to May 3, 1865
  • "I share with you this impatience"
  • May 9 to May 24, 1865
  • "My last letter!!"
  • May 28 to June 14, 1865

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