LEADER 03304nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910777589703321 005 20230207224605.0 010 $a1-58729-433-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447523 035 $a(EBL)837053 035 $a(OCoLC)56109453 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194509 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178682 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194509 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232223 035 $a(PQKB)11751478 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837053 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9297 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837053 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579434 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447523 100 $a20021009d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLove amid the turmoil$b[electronic resource] $ethe Civil War letters of William and Mary Vermilion /$fedited by Donald C. Elder, III 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-849-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aWilliam 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 606 $aMarried people$zIowa$vCorrespondence 606 $aSoldiers$zIowa$vCorrespondence 607 $aIowa$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aIowa$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocial aspects 607 $aIndiana$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMarried people 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a973.7/477/0922 676 $aB 700 $aVermilion$b William$f1830-1894.$01499176 701 $aVermilion$b Mary$f1831-1883.$01499177 701 $aElder$b Donald C.$f1952-$01499178 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777589703321 996 $aLove amid the turmoil$93725037 997 $aUNINA