"DEAR FRIEND ANNA." The Civil War Letters of a Common Soldier from Maine
Language: English
Published by The University of Maine Press, Orono, Maine, 1994
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- Title
- "DEAR FRIEND ANNA." The Civil War Letters of a Common Soldier from Maine
- Author
- Kallgren, Beverly Hayes, and James L. Crouthamel
- Publisher
- The University of Maine Press, Orono, Maine
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0891010793
- ISBN 13
- 9780891010791
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Throughout those years, Edwards maintained a steady correspondence with Anna Lucinda Conant of Portland, Maine, in a relationship that slowly deepened into warm affection and eventual marriage.
While Edwards was a "common soldier," never rising above the rank of corporal, the diversity of his Civil War experience was remarkable. The war took him into the Shenandoah Valley under Nathaniel Banks and to the bloody battle of Antietam. In 1863 he served in Louisiana as part of the Red River campaign, later returning to the Shenandoah Valley under Philip Sheridan. With the war over, he served on garrison duty in occupied South Carolina for a year before being mustered out.
During those years, he experienced danger, illness and discomfort, boredom, anguish at the destructive violence of war, and deep sorrow at the loss of friends. It was a solace to write home to Anna, and he did so frequently. To her he described these experiences and many more: meeting Ulysses S. Grant, catching a glimpse of Abraham Lincoln, riding proudly at the front of his regiment in the Grand Review at war's end.
Anna Conant preserved Abial Edwards's letters and other papers; many years following her death her grandson discovered them in a family barn. The Civil War letters are published here in full, with careful attention to reproducing Edwards's exact wording, spelling, and punctuation. Historian James L. Crouthamel places the letters in historical context with introductory comments and explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.
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