While Father Is Away : The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury /

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While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bradbury, William H., 1829-1900
Otros Autores: Chaney, Kassandra R., Bohrnstedt, Jennifer Cain
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bradbury, William H., > 1829-1900.
Bradbury, William H., > 1829-1900 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Staffs > Correspondence.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Soldiers.
Journalists.
Fathers.
Businessmen.
British Americans.
Armed Forces > Staffs.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Hommes d'affaires > Illinois > Livingston (Comte) > Correspondance.
Journalistes > États-Unis > Correspondance.
Peres > États-Unis > Correspondance.
Americains d'origine britannique > Correspondance.
Businessmen > Illinois > Livingston County > Correspondence.
Journalists > United States > Correspondence.
Fathers > United States > Correspondence.
Soldiers > United States > Correspondence.
British Americans > Correspondence.
United States.
Illinois > Livingston County.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
Livingston County (Ill.) > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunteer soldier Bradbury became a ""privileged private"" with extraordinary access to powerful Union generals including Daniel Butterfield, future president Benjamin Harrison, and Clinton B. Fisk, the region's administrator for the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. The letters also provide an in-depth look
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780813157658

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