A Quiet Corner of the War (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2014-02-28
Förlag
University of Wisconsin Press
Medarbetare
Bohannon, Keith S (foreword)
Illustrationer
17 black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
234 x 162 x 27 mm
Vikt
622 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
78:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Cloth w/Jacket on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780299294809

A Quiet Corner of the War

The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther Claflin, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1862-1863

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2014-02-28
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In 2002, Judy Cook discovered a packet of letters written by her great-great-grandparents, Gilbert and Esther Claflin, during the American Civil War. An unexpected bounty, these letters from 186263 offer visceral witness to the war, recounting the trials of a family separated. Gilbert, an articulate and cheerful forty-year-old farmer, was drafted into the Union Army and served in the Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Infantry garrisoned in western Kentucky along the Mississippi. Esther had married Gilbert when she was fifteen; now a woman with two teenage sons, she ran the family farm near Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in Gilberts absence. In his letters, Gilbert writes about food, hygiene, rampant desertions by drafted men, rebel guerrilla raids, and pastimes in the daily life of a soldier. His comments on interactions with Confederate prisoners and ex-slaves before and after the Emancipation Proclamation reveal his personal views on monumental events. Esther shares in her letters the challenges and joys of maintaining the farm, accounts of their boys Elton and Price, concerns about finances and health, and news of their local community and extended family. Esthers experiences provide insight into family, farm, and village life in the wartime North, an often overlooked aspect of Civil War history. Judy Cook has made the letters accessible to a wider audience by providing historical context with notes and appendixes. The volume includes a foreword by Civil War historian Keith S. Bohannon.
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"I have read many Civil War era diaries and letter collections, but this is the most interesting and touching."--Thomas D. Mackie, director of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum "Not many collections of wartime letters between spouses are in print, and this collection builds on other Civil War primary materials in an important way: the reader is able to get simultaneous reports on the scene at home, in the Army camp, and in the field."--Suzanne Bunkers, editor of The Diary of Caroline Seabury, 1854-1863 "A treasure trove of correspondence providing a personal glimpse into the experience of war during a turning point in our nation's history."--Lake Country Living

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Gilbert Elton Claflin (182279) was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts. Esther Patience Colby Claflin (18301900) was born in LeRoy, Ohio, and grew up in western New York State. In 1844, each moved to Wisconsin, where their families had bought adjacent forty-acre farms. Gilbert and Esther married in Oconomowoc in 1845. Judy Cook tours universities and historical societies in the United States and United Kingdom, performing multimedia presentations based on the Claflin letters and songs of the Civil War era. Her CDs include If You Sing Songs, Far from the Lowlands, Tenting Tonight: Songs of the Civil War, and Lincolns America.