Their patriotic duty
Subtitle: the Civil War letters of the Evans family of Brown County, Ohio
By: edited by Robert F. Engs & Corey M. Brooks ; original transcriptions by Joseph Shelton Evans, Jr.
Contributors: Engs, Robert Francis.; Brooks, Corey M.; Evans, Joseph S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780823227846
Subjects: Evans, Andrew, -- 1809-1879 -- Correspondence; Evans, Samuel, -- 1834-1910 -- Correspondence; Evans family -- Correspondence; United States. -- Army. -- Ohio Infantry Regiment, 70th (1861-1865); United States. -- Army. -- Colored Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1866); Soldiers -- Ohio -- Brown County -- Correspondence; Brown County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Brown County (Ohio) -- Biography
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-402) and index.
Table of contents: title: Evans family tree; title: Introduction; title: "I have seen the elephant" : February 1862-April 1862; title: "We can endure" : May 1862-April 1863; title: "The duty imposed upon us" : May 1863-November 1863; title: "Forced into a responsible position" : December 1863-November 1864; title: "I am ready for them to give up" : January 1865-April 1865; title: "To lay aside all prejudice"? : May 1865-January 1866; title: Epilogue; title: Timeline.