Their patriotic duty [electronic resource] : the Civil War letters of the Evans family of Brown County, Ohio / edited by Robert F. Engs & Corey M. Brooks ; original transcriptions by Joseph Shelton Evans, Jr.
Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiii, 410 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780823227846 (cloth alk. paper)
- 0823227847 (cloth alk. paper)
- 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
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- F497.B8 T455 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evans family tree -- Introduction -- "I have seen the elephant" : February 1862-April 1862 -- "We can endure" : May 1862-April 1863 -- "The duty imposed upon us" : May 1863-November 1863 -- "Forced into a responsible position" : December 1863-November 1864 -- "I am ready for them to give up" : January 1865-April 1865 -- "To lay aside all prejudice"? : May 1865-January 1866 -- Epilogue -- Timeline.
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