Double Duty in the Civil War : the Letters of Sailor and Soldier Edward W. Bacon.

Double Duty in the Civil War : the Letters of Sailor and Soldier Edward W. Bacon.

In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New Haven, Connecticut, to fight for the United States. Over the next four years Bacon served in both the Union navy and army, which gave him a sweeping vi...

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Main Author: Burkhardt, George S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Bacon, Edward W. > (Edward Woolsey), > 1843-1887 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 29th (1864-1865)
Sailors > United States > Correspondence.
Soldiers > United States > Correspondence.
Connecticut > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
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