A Quiet Corner of the War : The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther Claflin, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1862-1863 /

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In 2002, Judy Cook discovered a packet of letters written by her great-great-grandparents, Gilbert and Esther Claflin, during the American Civil War. An unexpected bounty, these letters from 1862-63 offer visceral witness to the war, recounting the trials of a family separated. Gilbert, an articulat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claflin, Gilbert
Other Authors: Cook, Judy, Claflin, Esther
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Claflin family > Correspondence.
Claflin, Esther > Correspondence.
Claflin, Gilbert > Correspondence.
Soldiers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Soldiers > Wisconsin > Oconomowoc > Correspondence.
Wisconsin > Oconomowoc.
Wisconsin.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
Wisconsin > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
Oconomowoc (Wis.) > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Wisconsin > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Keith Bohannon
  • Preface
  • Time Line
  • Prologue ; The Letters ; Epilogue
  • Appendix A : Family ; Appendix B : Neighbors ; Appendix C : Summit and Oconomowoc ; Appendix D : Military ; Appendix E : Transcribing and Editing.

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