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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807731803321

Autore

Vermilion William <1830-1894.>

Titolo

Love amid the turmoil : the Civil War letters of William and Mary Vermilion / / edited by Donald C. Elder, III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2003

ISBN

1-58729-433-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VermilionMary <1831-1883.>

ElderDonald C. <1952->

Disciplina

973.7/477/0922

B

Soggetti

Married people - Iowa

Soldiers - Iowa

Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Indiana History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. "Still I Am Proud of My Gallant Soldier Husband"; 2. "You Are in Danger Now, Every Day, I Know"; 3. "I Want to Know Whether Our Government Is Really Worth Dying For"; 4. "Since I Came Home I Am Entirely Satisfied with Iowa"; 5. "I Knew Somebody Had Lost Friends, and I Feared It Was I"; 6. "I Will Never Forget All the Bitter Experiences of the Last Year"; 7. "I Listen Every Hour to Hear of a Decisive Battle"; 8. "Our War Can't Last Much LongerAs It Is Now Carried On"; 9. "The Days Are Long and Dreary till You Come Home"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index

Sommario/riassunto

William Vermilion (1830-1894) served as a captain in Company F of the  36th Iowa Infantry from October 1862 until September 1865. Although he  was a physician in Iconium in south central Iowa at the start of the  war, after it ended he became a noted lawyer in nearby Centerville; he  was also a state senator from 1869 to 1872. Mary Vermilion (1831-



1883)  was a schoolteacher who grew up in Indiana; she and William married in  1858. In this volume historian Donald Elder provides a careful selection  from the hundreds of supportive, informative, and heart-wrenching  letters that they wrot