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Presented in a limited edition, 9x12 leather hardbound bookof 360 pagestitled
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The Soldier Boy from Lena
100 Civil War letters with envelopes shown and transcribed
Lena is located in Stephenson County Illinois
See the list of extensive content below including maps, legislation affecting pensions, sutlers, soldier ages, battle locations
This is the story of a young boy of 16 years of age
who ran away from home and enlisted USING AN ALIAS in the Union Army at
Camp Douglas in Chicago in 1862 in the
72nd Illinois Infantry - The Chicago Board of Trade Regiment
See details below listing the extensive supplemental material in this leather hardbound book
The highest quality scanned images printed on McCoy high quality paper.
Book images are significantly better than images shown.
See complete details in description below and the many pictures show- The Board of Trade Regimentwith sample content pages.
The book includes a broad range of:
- Over 100 letters transcribed showing images of the letters and their mailing envelopes.
- Postal history with images of Civil War stationery (letter sheets) and covers (envelopes)
- Maps showing the locations where the letters were written from 1862-1865
- Photographs and drawings from the Civil War period
- The history of Civil War locations where the letters werewritten: Chicago's Camp Douglas, Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, Columbus, Kentucky/Belmont, Missouri, and Natchez
- All letters numbered, dated, and listed as to location written for cross-referencing throughout the book
- Various Charts showing the page numbers oftheCivil War letters by year, maps, and military and civilian photographs
Other content includes chapters devoted to:
- The Bounty System detailing federal laws during the Civil War
- Sutlers and their legal requirements during the Civil War
- Military age regulations affecting volunteers and re-enlisting soldiers
- Pension System legislation as it affected Civil War soldiers and their families
- The two postal systems, North and South, during the Civil War
- Biography Appendix including details of family members, friends and militaryofficers cross-referenced to the numbered and transcribed letters
- A extensive Alphabetical Index
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