03335nam 2200649 a 450 991045079870332120200520144314.01-58729-433-8(CKB)1000000000447523(EBL)837053(OCoLC)56109453(SSID)ssj0000194509(PQKBManifestationID)11178682(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194509(PQKBWorkID)10232223(PQKB)11751478(MiAaPQ)EBC837053(MdBmJHUP)muse9297(Au-PeEL)EBL837053(CaPaEBR)ebr10579434(EXLCZ)99100000000044752320021009d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLove amid the turmoil[electronic resource] the Civil War letters of William and Mary Vermilion /edited by Donald C. Elder, IIIIowa City University of Iowa Press20031 online resource (409 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-849-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWilliam 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 wrotMarried peopleIowaCorrespondenceSoldiersIowaCorrespondenceIowaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesIowaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsIndianaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsElectronic books.Married peopleSoldiers973.7/477/0922BVermilion William1830-1894.986079Vermilion Mary1831-1883.986080Elder Donald C.1952-861369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450798703321Love amid the turmoil2253822UNINA