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During a conflict that saw death visit many households in the land, this is the story of a young recruit's devotion to family and nation. William Remmel's letters cover more than two full years of service in the 121st New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, from August 1862 to October of 1864. They provide details on military and social history in the eastern theater of operations and on the experience of the homefront in upstate New York among a largely immigrant, working-class family and community.

An account of the public and private life of a colorful and successful Arkansas political figure (1833-1914). Burnside traces Clayton's career through its manifestations as a Union officer in the Civil War, a Reconstruction politician who became a long-time Republican leader in Arkansas politics and eventually governor of the state, a businessman and entrepreneur who developed Eureka Springs into the Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR