Affectionately yours : the Civil War home front letters of the Ovid Butler family by Davis, Barbara Butler,Butler, Scot, 1844-1931 instant download

Affectionately yours : the Civil War home front letters of the Ovid Butler family by Davis, Barbara Butler,Butler, Scot, 1844-1931 instant download

Mostly letters written from 1863 to 1865 by Butler family members to Scot Butler while he served in the 33rd Indiana Infantry and the U.S. Signal Corps, Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index, Indiana supports the war effort -- Family photographs -- The Civil War letters -- Postscript, \"Affectionately yours: the Civil War home-front letters of the Ovid Butler family includes transcripts of sixty-five holograph letters written from 1863 to 1865 by members of the Ovid Butler family of Indianapolis, strong supporters of abolition, to their son Scot ... As Davis notes in the book, the letters help to 'illuminate such issues as social class, religion, gender roles, humor, economic conditions, and political alignments on the home front'\"--Jacket