{"product_id":"a-citizensoldiers-civil-war-9780875802985","title":"A CitizenSoldiers Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \"citizen-soldier\" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate contribution.\"—Civil War History\u003cbr\u003e  \"Military historians will find much of interest in this collection of correspondence from an Ohio regimental commander to his wife.\"—Military History\u003cbr\u003e  \"Mushkat has done an excellent job of editing the letters, and his introduction provides a detailed and accurate presentation of Voris and his life.\"—America's Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps \u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: \"I Cannot Bear to Think of a Dismembered Country\" \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp;\u0026amp;OL\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Soldiering Is Romantic Indeed\": Illusion and the First Battle of Kernstown \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"The 67th Has Not Been Stationary\": The Shenandoah Valley Campaign \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Terrible Realities of a Protracted and Savage War\": The Peninsula Campaign \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Never Ceasing Scramble for This Bauble Glory\": The Charleston Siege and Fort Wagner \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Old Promptly Has Returned\": Charleston Unconquered \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Days of Intense Anxiety and Peril\": The Army of the James \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Constantly under Fire\": The Bermuda Hundred Front \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"A Desolated Country Cursed by Slavery and Slavery's War\": Stalemate and Monotony at Bermuda Hundred Front \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"I Would Not Feel It Any Degradation to Command Colored Troops\": Trench Warfare, Deep Bottom, and Darbytown Road \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"Each Day Brings the War So Much Near a Close\": The Appomattox Campaign \u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\"A Black Woman Had Rights\": Reconstruction in Virginia\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp;\u0026amp;\/OL\u0026amp;\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e  Notes and Sources \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406417797463,"sku":"9780875802985","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875802985.jpg?v=1730495727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-citizensoldiers-civil-war-9780875802985","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}