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To Petersburg with the Army of the Potomac
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Levi Bird Duff |
"The letters of Levi Bird Duff are unusual for their literacy, descriptions and continuity, the strength of opinions expressed, and their source. Written only for the eyes of Duff's love, the message… |
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Extracts from letters written by Alfred B. McCalmont, 1862-1865
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Alfred B. McCalmont |
"A selection of letters written by Alfred B. McCalmont to family members from the American Civil War front from September 1862 to June 1865, covering his service as a colonel in the 142nd and 208th P… |
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War letters of fallen Englishmen
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Laurence Housman |
"More than eight million young men perished during the First World War - a staggering figure. The natural reaction to such a great loss of humanity was to forget the individuals and recast the confli… |
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Love, Tommy
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Andrew Roberts |
A collection of letters housed at the Imperial War Museum sent by British and Commonwealth troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from the frontline of war to their loved ones at… |
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A journal for Jordan
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Dana Canedy |
In a poignant memoir of love and war, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents the journal of her fiance, a dedicated career soldier killed in Iraq, in which he records the events of the war, his… |
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Dear Catharine, dear Taylor
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Taylor Peirce |
"Taylor Peirce was forty years old when he left his wife and family to enlist in the 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He served for three long years and saw action in both theaters of the Civil… |
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World War II
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Virginia Schomp |
Describes the second World War through the letters of the people who fought it, serving in all branches of the military, throughout the Pacific, northern Africa, and Europe. |
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Uncommon soldiers
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Harvey Reid |
"As a noncommissioned officer and headquarters clerk, Harvey Reid was in a unique position to observe army politics and military operations during his Civil War service with the 22nd Wisconsin Volunt… |
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Bound to be a soldier
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James Todd Miller |
"An untutored Pennsylvania farmer, James T. Miller was thirty-one years old when he left his wife and three children to serve in the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. Although his writing … |
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Letters from the Front Lines
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Stuart Franklin Platt |
Letters From the Front Lines is a remarkable account of the lives and experiences of Americans at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. This collection of correspondence preserves for future generations the e… |
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