The Resource While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury, edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney
While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury, edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney
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The item While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury, edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war.Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunteer soldier Bradbury became a ""privileged private"" with extraordinary access to powerful Union generals including Daniel Butterfield, future president Benjamin Harrison, and Clinton B. Fisk, the region's administrator for the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction.The letters also provide an in-depth look
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Contents
-
- My dear wife and children: September 8, 1862-November 14, 1862
- If we go to England: November 20, 1862-January 23, 1863
- Stand on your dignity: February 5, 1863-March 26, 1863
- Chief of the topographical engineers: March 31, 1863-May 31, 1863
- More compliments than coppers: June 4, 1863-August 9, 1863
- Bully for us: August 14,1863-October 13, 1863
- After the loaves and the fishes: February 5, 1864-April 1, 1864
- I don't like this field work: April 1,1864-July 27, 1864
- Let it go to thunder: August 12, 1864-September 20, 1864
- All I live for: September 22,1864-November 24,1864 184
- Everybody has the blues sometimes: December 28, 1864-February 8, 1865
- The Federals in the southwest: February 10, 1865-May 1,1865
- Headquarters of the Cumberland: May 13, 1865-July 1,1865
- General Fisk and the Freedmen's Bureau: July 5, 1865-August 30, 1865
- To clasp you once more in my arms: September 2,1865-December 15, 1865
- Afterword: the Bradburys postwar reconstruction, 1866-1900
- Isbn
- 9780813157658
- Label
- While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury
- Title
- While father is away
- Title remainder
- the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney
- Subject
-
- Armed Forces -- Staffs
- Fathers
- Fathers -- United States -- Correspondence
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- United States, Army | Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
- Journalists
- Bradbury, William H, 1829-1900
- Illinois -- Livingston County
- Electronic books
- Records and correspondence
- Businessmen -- Illinois | Livingston County -- Correspondence
- Bradbury, William H, 1829-1900 -- Correspondence
- United States, Army -- Staffs -- Correspondence
- Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- Livingston County (Ill.) -- Biography
- Businessmen
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States, Army | Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
- Biography
- 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States
- United States, Army
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- British Americans -- Correspondence
- Soldiers
- Personal narratives
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- British Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war.Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunteer soldier Bradbury became a ""privileged private"" with extraordinary access to powerful Union generals including Daniel Butterfield, future president Benjamin Harrison, and Clinton B. Fisk, the region's administrator for the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction.The letters also provide an in-depth look
- Action
- digitized
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1829-1900
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bradbury, William H.
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Bohrnstedt, Jennifer Cain
- Chaney, Kassandra R
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bradbury, William H
- United States
- United States
- Bradbury, William H
- United States
- United States
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- United States
- British Americans
- Soldiers
- Fathers
- Journalists
- Businessmen
- Livingston County (Ill.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- British Americans
- Businessmen
- Fathers
- Journalists
- Soldiers
- Illinois
- United States
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Label
- While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury, edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-372) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- My dear wife and children: September 8, 1862-November 14, 1862 -- If we go to England: November 20, 1862-January 23, 1863 -- Stand on your dignity: February 5, 1863-March 26, 1863 -- Chief of the topographical engineers: March 31, 1863-May 31, 1863 -- More compliments than coppers: June 4, 1863-August 9, 1863 -- Bully for us: August 14,1863-October 13, 1863 -- After the loaves and the fishes: February 5, 1864-April 1, 1864 -- I don't like this field work: April 1,1864-July 27, 1864 -- Let it go to thunder: August 12, 1864-September 20, 1864 -- All I live for: September 22,1864-November 24,1864 184 -- Everybody has the blues sometimes: December 28, 1864-February 8, 1865 -- The Federals in the southwest: February 10, 1865-May 1,1865 -- Headquarters of the Cumberland: May 13, 1865-July 1,1865 -- General Fisk and the Freedmen's Bureau: July 5, 1865-August 30, 1865 -- To clasp you once more in my arms: September 2,1865-December 15, 1865 -- Afterword: the Bradburys postwar reconstruction, 1866-1900
- Control code
- ocn606932113
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813157658
- Level of compression
-
- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129bp7h
- Reformatting quality
-
- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)606932113
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- While father is away : the Civil War letters of William H. Bradbury, edited by Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt ; compiled by Kassandra R. Chaney
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-372) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- My dear wife and children: September 8, 1862-November 14, 1862 -- If we go to England: November 20, 1862-January 23, 1863 -- Stand on your dignity: February 5, 1863-March 26, 1863 -- Chief of the topographical engineers: March 31, 1863-May 31, 1863 -- More compliments than coppers: June 4, 1863-August 9, 1863 -- Bully for us: August 14,1863-October 13, 1863 -- After the loaves and the fishes: February 5, 1864-April 1, 1864 -- I don't like this field work: April 1,1864-July 27, 1864 -- Let it go to thunder: August 12, 1864-September 20, 1864 -- All I live for: September 22,1864-November 24,1864 184 -- Everybody has the blues sometimes: December 28, 1864-February 8, 1865 -- The Federals in the southwest: February 10, 1865-May 1,1865 -- Headquarters of the Cumberland: May 13, 1865-July 1,1865 -- General Fisk and the Freedmen's Bureau: July 5, 1865-August 30, 1865 -- To clasp you once more in my arms: September 2,1865-December 15, 1865 -- Afterword: the Bradburys postwar reconstruction, 1866-1900
- Control code
- ocn606932113
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813157658
- Level of compression
-
- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129bp7h
- Reformatting quality
-
- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)606932113
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- 1861-1865
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Armed Forces -- Staffs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biography
- Bradbury, William H, 1829-1900
- Bradbury, William H, 1829-1900 -- Correspondence
- British Americans
- British Americans -- Correspondence
- Businessmen
- Businessmen -- Illinois | Livingston County -- Correspondence
- Electronic books
- Fathers
- Fathers -- United States -- Correspondence
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- History
- Illinois -- Livingston County
- Journalists
- Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence
- Livingston County (Ill.) -- Biography
- Personal narratives
- Records and correspondence
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Staffs -- Correspondence
- United States, Army | Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
- United States, Army | Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865)
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