Letters home to Sarah
Subtitle: the Civil War letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
By: Guy C. Taylor ; edited by Kevin Alderson and Patsy Alderson
Contributors: Alderson, Kevin L.; Alderson, Patsy
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780299291204; 9780299291235
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; Soldiers; Personal narratives; United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 36th (1864-1865); Regimental histories; History
Description: "Forgotten for more than a century in an old cardboard box, these are the letters of Guy Carlton Taylor, a farmer who served in the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. From March 25, 1864 to July 9, 1865, Taylor wrote 165 letters home to his wife Sarah and their son Charley. The letters show... Taylor's transformation from a lonely and somewhat disgruntled infantryman to a thoughtful commentator on the greater ideals of the war." --Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.