A Quaker colonel, his fiancée, and their connections : selected Civil War correspondence / edited by Richard Upsher Smith, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Richard Upsher, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lamborn, Emma Taylor--Correspondence.

Lamborn, Emma Taylor.

Lamborn, Charles B--Correspondence.

Lamborn, Charles B.

Quakers--Pennsylvania--Correspondence.

Quakers.

United States--History--Civil War, 1961-1865--Personal narratives.

United States.

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865).

Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

History.

Personal correspondence.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxv, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2023.

Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This book contains letters from the Civil War of a Union officer, his fiancée, and some of their connections. The letters witness to their conviction that the pain of their four-year separation and other deprivations would help purify the country from the sin of slavery"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

15 April 1861-18 August 1861 : letters 1-29

19 August 1861-31 December 1861 (and 1 January 1862) : letters 30-58

3 February 1862-19 October 1862 : letters 59-87

26 October 1862-31 December 1862 : letters 88-99

8 January 1863-30 December 1863 : letters 100-112

5 January 1864-8 May 1864 : letters 113-152

9 May 1864-31 July 1864 : letters 153-178

1 August 1864-20 October 1864 : letters 179-204

23 October 1864-31 December 1864 (and 1 January 1865) : letters 205-237

1 January 1865-17 February 1865 : letters 238-252

11 March 1865-27 June 1865 : letters 253-269

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Quaker colonel, his fiancée, and their connections

ISBN:

9781611463446

1611463440

OCLC:

1376500782

Publisher Number:

99994291190