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1 online resource (491 pages) |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Dr. Jacob R. Marcus; Preface; Abbreviations Used in Footnotes; Chapter 1: From Germany to Ohio; Chapter 2: From Warehouseman to Warrior; Chapter 3: "Who wouldent be a Soldier?"; Chapter 4: "After Stonewall Jackson"; Chapter 5: "Attached to McClellan's grand army"; Chapter 6: "The 120th will do to bet on"; Chapter 7: "No Peace Democrat"; Chapter 8: "My boys will follow me anywheres"; Chapter 9: "I will be 'Starred'"; Selective Bibliographic Essay |
| Summary |
Marcus Spiegel, a German Jewish immigrant, served with the 67th and 120th Ohio Volunteer regiments during the Civil War. He saw action in Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where he was fatally wounded in May 1864. These letters to Caroline, his wife, reveal the traumatizing experience of a soldier and the constant concern of a husband and father |
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Print version record |
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Spiegel, Marcus M., 1829-1864.
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Spiegel, Marcus M., 1829-1864 fast |
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Jewish soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
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Jews -- United States -- Correspondence
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Jewish soldiers
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Jews
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Military participation -- Jewish
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Jewish
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140258
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United States
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Soman, Jean Powers
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Byrne, Frank L
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| ISBN |
9780803293755 |
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0803293755 |
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