Yours for the Union : The Civil War Letters of John W. Chase, First Massachusetts Light Artillery / John S. Collier, Bonnie B. Collier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collier, John S., Author.

Collier, Bonnie B., Author.

Series:

The North's Civil War

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.) : 108 Illustrations, black and white

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Yours for the Union is a collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John Chase's reports of his service with the Army of the Potomac, reveal what the war was really like for the men who fought it. Chase was a 36 year-old cabinetmaker from Roxbury, a widower with four young children when he enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Light Artillery. These well written letters portray a man who is trying to provide for his children, maintain his finances, obtain food and clothing to supplement his meager rations, all while marching in the mud and fighting a war. While he was a patriotic Northerner, his occasionally crude language reflects his strong opinion of abolitionists, and especially, of abolitionist politicians.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Credits

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Prologue

Chapter 1. Alexandria

Chapter 2. The Peninsula Campaign

Chapter 3. Maryland

Chapter 4. Fredericksburg

Chapter 5. Chancellorsville to Gettysburg

Chapter 6. Warrenton and Brandy Station

Chapter 7. The Overland Campaign

Chapter 8. The Shenandoah Valley

Chapter 9. Petersburg

Epilogue

Appendix I. Obituaries

Appendix II. Chronology

Appendix III. Battery Organization

Appendix IV. Asher Chase

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

9780823293629

0823293629

OCLC:

1369670689