Soldiers' Letters, from Camp, Battlefield and Prison
Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
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Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : LYDIA MINTURN. POST
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9781033135051
Author : United States Sanitary Commission
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2014-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781295697731
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher : Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2001-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781418121488
Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 20,86 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 38,60 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN :
This is a collection of soldier's letters from camp, battlefield and prison.
Author : Mrs. Lydia Minturn Post
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Wanda Easter Burch
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,95 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1476625255
"Soldier mortals would not survive if they were not blessed with the gift of imagination and the pictures of hope," wrote Confederate Private Henry Graves in the trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia. "The second angel of mercy is the night dream." Providing fresh perspective on the human side of the Civil War, this book explores the dreams and imaginings of those who fought it, as recorded in their letters, journals and memoirs. Sometimes published as poems or songs or printed in newspapers, these rarely acknowledged writings reflect the personalities and experiences of their authors. Some expressions of fear, pain, loss, homesickness and disappointment are related with grim fatalism, some with glimpses of humor.
Author : Kathryn J. Shively
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1469610779
In the Shenandoah Valley and Peninsula Campaigns of 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers faced unfamiliar and harsh environmental conditions--strange terrain, tainted water, swarms of flies and mosquitoes, interminable rain and snow storms, and oppressive heat--which contributed to escalating disease and diminished morale. Using soldiers' letters, diaries, and memoirs, plus a wealth of additional personal accounts, medical sources, newspapers, and government documents, Kathryn Shively Meier reveals how these soldiers strove to maintain their physical and mental health by combating their deadliest enemy--nature. Meier explores how soldiers forged informal networks of health care based on prewar civilian experience and adopted a universal set of self-care habits, including boiling water, altering camp terrain, eradicating insects, supplementing their diets with fruits and vegetables, constructing protective shelters, and most controversially, straggling. In order to improve their health, soldiers periodically had to adjust their ideas of manliness, class values, and race to the circumstances at hand. While self-care often proved superior to relying upon the inchoate military medical infrastructure, commanders chastised soldiers for testing army discipline, ultimately redrawing the boundaries of informal health care.