The Locator -- [(subject = "United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Personal narratives")]

922 records matched your query       


Record 46 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Spurgeon, Ken.
Title:
A Kansas soldier at war : the Civil War letters of Christian & Elise Dubach Isely / Ken Spurgeon.
Publisher:
The History Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Isely, Christian H.,--1828-1919--Correspondence.
Isely, Elise Dubach,--1842-1936--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Kansas.--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Married people--Kansas--Correspondence.
Soldiers--Kansas--Correspondence.
Wives--Kansas--Correspondence.
United States--Participation, Swiss American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Swiss American.
Civilians in war--Kansas--History--19th century.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Coming to America -- Bleeding Kansas -- "I Will Now Fight for Mr. Lincoln" -- "To Fight for a Just Cause" -- "This Is the Hardest Task I Ever Fulfilled" -- "These Wounds Will Remain" -- "Strictly Loyal and Purely Anti-Slavery" -- "I Prepared Myself for the Worst" -- "This Rebellion Must Be Crushed" -- "Lincoln Is the Soldier's Choice" -- "Our Meeting" -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Family of Christian and Elise Dubach Isely.
ISBN:
1626190151
9781626190153
OCLC:
(OCoLC)828626839
LCCN:
2013006064
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.