02294nam 2200421 450 991079396330332120191127150629.00-8093-3764-9(CKB)4100000009743013(MiAaPQ)EBC5968587(EXLCZ)99410000000974301320191127d2019 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn their letters, in their words Illinois Civil War soldiers write home /edited by Mark FlotowCarbondale :Southern Illinois University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (333 pages)0-8093-3763-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Write oftener : a lifeline of letters -- Calls to arms : Illinois citizens become soldiers -- Camp life : bonding with the boys -- Soldiering : mastering military life -- Managing affairs from afar : family, politics, and love -- Seeing the elephant : from guerrilla warfare to pitched battles -- Interactions and artifacts : southern culture through northern eyes -- Soldiers sound off : officers, generals, and "old Abe" -- Feared more than the enemy's bullets : diseases and sickness -- Writing the indescribable : prisoner-of-war experiences -- Soldiers no more : the four ways of leaving the military."This book examines 165 Illinois Civil War soldiers' and sailors' military lives. Letter writers lived in Illinois at the time of their enlistment, hailed from counties throughout the state, served in different branches of the military at different ranks, fought in a wide array of military campaigns, and represented the gamut of experiences and outcomes"--Provided by publisher.SoldiersIllinoisCorrespondenceIllinoisHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesSoldiers973.78Flotow Mark1955-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793963303321In their letters, in their words3760882UNINA