The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

by Diana Dretske

The bond of citizenship earned during the Civil War

When curator Diana L. Dretske discovered that the five long-gone Union soldiers in a treasured photograph in the Bess Bower Dunn Museum were not fully identified, it compelled her into a project of recovery and reinterpretation. Utilizing an impressive array of local and national archives, as well as private papers, the author's microhistorical approach records events that often go...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809338203
• ISBN13: 9780809338207
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"