The price of patriotism
Subtitle: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and the Civil War
By: by W. Wayne Smith.
Contributors: Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County (Indiana County, Pa.)
Publisher: Burd Street Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Indiana County (Pa.) -- History.; Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Description: When President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union after the fall of Fort Sumter, thousands of patriotic citizens responded.

Indiana County which saw 40 percent of eligible males aged 15-40 serve in the army suffered other hardships during the war years. Using family letters to and from the soldiers, Dr. Smith portrays the sacrifices and difficulties faced by wives, mothers, sisters, brothers and other family members. The community and later the national government helped to soften economic burdens for widows and orphans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-120) and index.
"Published in association with the Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County."
Map of Indiana County, Circa 1860 on endpapers.