| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 391 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"Still I Am Proud of My Gallant Soldier Husband" -- "You Are in Danger Now, Every Day, I Know" -- "I Want to Know Whether Our Government Is Really Worth Dying For" -- "Since I Came Home I Am Entirely Satisfied with Iowa" -- "I Knew Somebody Had Lost Friends, and I Feared It Was I" -- "I Will Never Forget All the Bitter Experiences of the Last Year" -- "I Listen Every Hour to Hear of a Decisive Battle" -- "Our War Can't Last Much Longer As It Is Now Carried On" -- "The Days Are Long and Dreary till You Come Home" -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
William Vermilion (1830-1894) served as a captain in Company F of the 36th Iowa Infantry from October 1862 until September 1865. Although he was a physician in Iconium in south central Iowa at the start of the war, after it ended he became a noted lawyer in nearby Centerville; he was also a state senator from 1869 to 1872. Mary Vermilion (1831-1883) was a schoolteacher who grew up in Indiana; she and William married in 1858. In this volume historian Donald Elder provides a careful selection from the hundreds of supportive, informative, and heart-wrenching letters that they wrote each other |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vermilion, William, 1830-1894 -- Correspondence
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Vermilion, Mary, 1831-1883 -- Correspondence
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Vermilion, Mary, 1831-1883 fast |
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Vermilion, William, 1830-1894 fast |
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United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865)
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United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865) fast |
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Married people -- Iowa -- Correspondence
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Soldiers -- Iowa -- Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Married people
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Social aspects
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Soldiers
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Iowa -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
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Iowa -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
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Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
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Indiana
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Iowa
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
personal correspondence.
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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Biographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Correspondance privée.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vermilion, Mary, 1831-1883, author.
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Elder, Donald C., 1952- editor.
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| ISBN |
1587294338 |
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9781587294334 |
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