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

Yours for the Union: The Civil War Letters of John W. Chase, First Massachusetts Light Artillery
ISBN-10
0823223035
ISBN-13
9780823223039
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
464
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Fordham Univ Press
Author
John Webster Chase

Description

A revealing collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John W. Chase's 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.

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