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Yankee Correspondence

Civil War Letters Between New England Soldiers and the Home Front

by Nina Silber, Mary Beth Sievens

CorrespondenceSoldiersPersonal narrativesHistoryUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narrativesUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, sources

These letters by New England soldiers and their families, speak of the hardships of the Civil War in the US, especially frustrations with the army, home-front suffering and government policies.

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Book data: Open Library