“I Hope to Do My Country Service” : The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editor's Note -- 1 "I Am Not Very Anxious to Go into the Army" -- 2 "I Am Near the Land of 'Dixie'" -- 3 "Our Regiment Is Completely Destroyed" -- 4 "I Am Beginning to Like the Service" -- 5 "We Are Here among Secessionists" -- 6 "Poor Rebels!-Poor Rebeldom!!" -- 7 "We Expect to Be Soldiers in Earnest Now" -- 8 "The Rebels Mean to Make an Obstinate Resistance Here" -- 9 "A Glorious Future Awaits Our Country" -- APPENDIX A: "When Will My Dear Husband Come Home to Remain?" -- APPENDIX B: "Timely Aid Rendered" -- APPENDIX C: Calendar of Bennitt Letters -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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