Wanted, correspondence
Subtitle: women's letters to a Union soldier
By: edited by Nancy L. Rhoades and Lucy E. Bailey.
Contributors: Rhoades, Nancy L., 1915-2007.; Bailey, Lucy E.; Lybarger, Edwin Lewis, 1840-1924.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780821418048; 9780821418055
Subjects: Lybarger, Edwin Lewis, -- 1840-1924 -- Correspondence; Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources; Women -- Ohio -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources; Letter writing -- Social aspects -- United States -- Sources; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Sources; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- Sources; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Sources; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects -- Sources; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Description: The author presents her grandfather's collection of letters, written to him by various ladies during his time as a Union soldier in the Civil War. The book is divided into two sections. The first provides a detailed introduction to themes that arise in the letters (such as shifts in women's access to and engagement with education, events on the Ohio homefront, etc.) and the context in which they were produced. The second provides the letters in their entirety, organized chronologically by letter date. In the appendix, she provides a short biographical sketch of him.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.