Love and Valor : Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner

by Larimer, Charles F.

• ISBN13: 9780967386317
• ISBN10: 0967386314
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Sigourney Pr Inc

Summary

Vividly depicting life both on the battlefield and at the home front during the Civil War, "Love and Valor" is a priceless collection of letters exchanged between Captain Jacob Ritner and his wife Emeline. While Jacob recounts all the battles he fought in compelling detail, Emeline movingly records the lives of those left behind to raise families and manage farms in their husbands' absence. "Love and Valor" is also the story of a family of Iowa abolitionists who help to make this book a must read.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Family Trees	p. 5
Photos	p. 7
Before the War	p. 11
Wilson's Creek, Missouri	p. 15
The Vicksburg Campaign	p. 54
Chattanooga, Tennessee	p. 206
The Atlanta Campaign	p. 265
Sherman's March to the Sea, The Occupation of Savannah and The Carolinas Campaign	p. 380
After the War: Jacob and Emeline, Family and Friends	p. 448
Appendix	p. 455
Bibliography	p. 457
Index	p. 462
About the Editor	p. 464
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