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| Title: | Go If You Think It Your Duty
: A Minnesota Couple's Civil War Letters |
| Author: | Andrea R Foroughi |
| ISBN: | 0873516001 : 9780873516006 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Weight: | .706 Kg. |
| Published: | Minnesota Historical Society Press - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 21.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Civil war: Minnesota: Social & cultural history |
During the American Civil War, James Madison Bowler and Elizabeth Caleff Bowler courted, married, became parents, and bought a farm. They attended dances, talked politics, and confided their deepest fears. Because of the war, however, they experienced all of these events separately, sharing them through hundreds of letters from 1861 to 1865 while Madison served in the Third Minnesota Volunteer Regiment. The couple's separation which led Madison to battle in the Tennessee Surrender and the Dakota War of 1862 challenged their commitment to the war and to each other. These poignant letters provided them a space to voice their fear for and frustration with each other, and they now provide readers with a window into one couple's Civil War.
My Dear... Yours Ever; I Wish You Could Be Here Today with Me; Anxious to Hear from You ... More Anxious to See You; My Dear Wife ... Dearest Hubby; I Hope You Will Soon Have the Pleasure of Visiting Your Family; Do, Libby, Look on the Bright Side of Things; I Sincerely Wish You Could Make Up Your Mind to Come Here; Epilogue; Index.
