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Their patriotic duty : the Civil War letters of the Evans family of Brown County, Ohio
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- Creator
- edited by Robert F. Engs & Corey M. Brooks ; original transcriptions by Joseph Shelton Evans, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- xxiii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0823227847, 0823246701, 9780823246700, 9780823227846, 0823248526, 9780823248520
- OCLC
- ocn923763949, ocn608145123, ocn154762669
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-402) and index.
- Evans family tree -- Introduction -- "I have seen the elephant" : February 1862-April 1862 -- "We can endure" : May 1862-April 1863 -- "The duty imposed upon us" : May 1863-November 1863 -- "Forced into a responsible position" : December 1863-November 1864 -- "I am ready for them to give up" : January 1865-April 1865 -- "To lay aside all prejudice"? : May 1865-January 1866 -- Epilogue -- Timeline
Subjects
- Evans, Andrew, 1809-1879 -- Correspondence.
- Evans, Samuel, 1834-1910 -- Correspondence.
- Evans family -- Correspondence.
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 70th (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1866)
- Soldiers -- Ohio -- Brown County -- Correspondence.
- Brown County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- Brown County (Ohio) -- Biography.