| Description |
1 online resource (x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
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My dear wife and children: September 8, 1862-November 14, 1862 -- If we go to England: November 20, 1862-January 23, 1863 -- Stand on your dignity: February 5, 1863-March 26, 1863 -- Chief of the topographical engineers: March 31, 1863-May 31, 1863 -- More compliments than coppers: June 4, 1863-August 9, 1863 -- Bully for us: August 14,1863-October 13, 1863 -- After the loaves and the fishes: February 5, 1864-April 1, 1864 -- I don't like this field work: April 1,1864-July 27, 1864 -- Let it go to thunder: August 12, 1864-September 20, 1864 -- All I live for: September 22,1864-November 24,1864 184 -- Everybody has the blues sometimes: December 28, 1864-February 8, 1865 -- The Federals in the southwest: February 10, 1865-May 1,1865 -- Headquarters of the Cumberland: May 13, 1865-July 1,1865 -- General Fisk and the Freedmen's Bureau: July 5, 1865-August 30, 1865 -- To clasp you once more in my arms: September 2,1865-December 15, 1865 -- Afterword: the Bradburys postwar reconstruction, 1866-1900 |
| Summary |
While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunteer soldier Bradbury became a ""privileged private"" with extraordinary access to powerful Union generals including Daniel Butterfield, future president Benjamin Harrison, and Clinton B. Fisk, the region's administrator for the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. The letters also provide an in-depth look |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-372) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Bradbury, William H., 1829-1900 -- Correspondence
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Bradbury, William H., 1829-1900 fast |
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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
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United States. Army -- Staffs -- Correspondence
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United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865) fast |
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British Americans -- Correspondence
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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
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Fathers -- United States -- Correspondence
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Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence
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Businessmen -- Illinois -- Livingston County -- Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Armed Forces -- Staffs
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British Americans
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Businessmen
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Fathers
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Journalists
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Soldiers
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Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
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Livingston County (Ill.) -- Biography
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Illinois -- Livingston County
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United States
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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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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bohrnstedt, Jennifer Cain
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Chaney, Kassandra R
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| LC no. |
2002010905 |
| ISBN |
9780813157658 |
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081315765X |
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0813127351 |
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9780813127354 |
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