An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1
Sentiments were expressed by tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers in their diaries and in their letters to loved ones at home. What transforms the letters of Pvt. Lyons Wakeman from merely interesting reading into a unique and fascinating addition to Civil War literature is who wrote them - for Private Wakeman was not what he seemed to be. The five-foot tall soldier's true identity was that of a simple young farm girl from central New York state named Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. Written shortly after she left home to pursue her fortune in 1862, Wakeman's letters provide a rare glimpse of what life was like for a woman fighting as a common soldi…
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Weitere Autoren: Mcpherson, James M. (Solist) / Burgess, Lauren C. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-510243-7
- EAN: 9780195102437
- Produktnummer: 22685113
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.5 cm x D0.8 cm 113 g
- Gewicht: 113
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