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Love amid the turmoil : the Civil War letters of William and Mary Vermilion / edited by Donald C. Elder, III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermilion, William, 1830-1894.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Married people--Iowa--Correspondence.
- Married people.
- Soldiers--Iowa--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Iowa--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Iowa.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- Iowa--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Indiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Indiana.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865).
- Vermilion, William, 1830-1894--Correspondence.
- Vermilion, William.
- Vermilion, Mary, 1831-1883--Correspondence.
- Vermilion, Mary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587294334
- 1587294338
- OCLC:
- 56109453
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