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A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections

Selected Civil War Correspondence

Edited by Richard Upsher Smith Jr.

A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence offers a Northern counterpart to the great collection of Southern family letters published in The Children of Pride. Featuring recently discovered historical material, the book offers a selection of correspondence written by two Pennsylvanians, and their family and friends, between 1861 and 1865. The chief letter writers, Charles Lamborn and Emma Taylor, came from well-connected families in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Their correspondence covers the early years of their courtship until their marriage, a period when Charlie was at the warfront. Charlie’s correspondence presents information about his military experiences, providing little known details of the early campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and of the fighting for Chattanooga and Atlanta. Emma’s letters describe life on the home front, illuminating how the war affected her household, town, and wider circle of family and friends in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York. Both Charles Lamborn and Emma Taylor embraced abolitionism and the war’s aim of emancipation. They believed that the pain they suffered during those years purified their love as it also purified the nation. In this volume, Dr. Smith has carefully transcribed, edited, and annotated the Lamborn-Taylor letters, providing important contextual information about both the larger developments in the war and the more localized sphere of Charlie’s and Emma’s lives.

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University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press
Pages: 488 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-61146-344-6 • Hardback • July 2023 • $80.00 • (£62.00)
978-1-61146-345-3 • eBook • July 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Literary Collections / Letters, Literary Collections / Subjects & Themes / War

Richard Upsher Smith, Jr. is retired professor of classics at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Abbreviations

General Introduction

Maps

Part I: 1861

Chapter 115 April 1861 - 18 August 1861

Letters 1 - 29

Chapter 219 August 1861 - 31 December 1861 (and 1 January 1862)

Letters 30 - 58

Part II: 1862

Chapter 33 February 1862 - 19 October 1862

Letters 59 - 87

Chapter 426 October 1862 - 31 December 1862

Letters 88 - 99

Part III: 1863

Chapter 58 January 1863 - 30 December 1863

Letters 100 - 112

Part IV: 1864

Chapter 65 January 1864 - 8 May 1864

Letters 113 - 152

Chapter 79 May 1864 - 31 July 1864

Letters 153 - 178

Chapter 81 August 1864 - 20 October 1864

Letters 179 - 204

Chapter 923 October 1864 - 31 December 1864 (and 1 January 1865)

Letters 205 - 237

Part V: 1865

Chapter 101 January 1865 - 17 February 1865

Letters 238 - 252

Chapter 1111 March 1865 - 27 June 1865

Letters 253 - 269

Photographs

Meticulously preserved and arranged, this monumental archive of correspondence between a Pennsylvania officer and his fiancée promises to be an indispensable resource for scholars, researchers, and general readers seeking to understand the social history of the American Civil War. Highlighting the perspective of soldiers at war and their loved ones back home, this volume poignantly captures the suffering and sacrifice endured by the Union's defenders.


— Robert Sandow, professor of history, Commonwealth University


By happy accident, the Civil War letters published here—letters written by Pennsylvania natives, Emma Taylor and Charles Lamborn—escaped destruction and fell into the scholarly hands of Richard Upsher Smith, Jr. Thanks to Smith’s meticulous research and editorial skills, this volume offers readers new insights into the military, political, and social dynamics of the great war as it played out in Chester County and beyond.


— Charles F. Hobson, retired historian, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, College of William and Mary


The appendices for A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections can be downloaded.

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A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections

Selected Civil War Correspondence

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Hardback
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Summary
Summary
  • A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence offers a Northern counterpart to the great collection of Southern family letters published in The Children of Pride. Featuring recently discovered historical material, the book offers a selection of correspondence written by two Pennsylvanians, and their family and friends, between 1861 and 1865. The chief letter writers, Charles Lamborn and Emma Taylor, came from well-connected families in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Their correspondence covers the early years of their courtship until their marriage, a period when Charlie was at the warfront. Charlie’s correspondence presents information about his military experiences, providing little known details of the early campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and of the fighting for Chattanooga and Atlanta. Emma’s letters describe life on the home front, illuminating how the war affected her household, town, and wider circle of family and friends in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York. Both Charles Lamborn and Emma Taylor embraced abolitionism and the war’s aim of emancipation. They believed that the pain they suffered during those years purified their love as it also purified the nation. In this volume, Dr. Smith has carefully transcribed, edited, and annotated the Lamborn-Taylor letters, providing important contextual information about both the larger developments in the war and the more localized sphere of Charlie’s and Emma’s lives.

Details
Details
  • University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press
    Pages: 488 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-61146-344-6 • Hardback • July 2023 • $80.00 • (£62.00)
    978-1-61146-345-3 • eBook • July 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Literary Collections / Letters, Literary Collections / Subjects & Themes / War
Author
Author
  • Richard Upsher Smith, Jr. is retired professor of classics at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations

    General Introduction

    Maps

    Part I: 1861

    Chapter 115 April 1861 - 18 August 1861

    Letters 1 - 29

    Chapter 219 August 1861 - 31 December 1861 (and 1 January 1862)

    Letters 30 - 58

    Part II: 1862

    Chapter 33 February 1862 - 19 October 1862

    Letters 59 - 87

    Chapter 426 October 1862 - 31 December 1862

    Letters 88 - 99

    Part III: 1863

    Chapter 58 January 1863 - 30 December 1863

    Letters 100 - 112

    Part IV: 1864

    Chapter 65 January 1864 - 8 May 1864

    Letters 113 - 152

    Chapter 79 May 1864 - 31 July 1864

    Letters 153 - 178

    Chapter 81 August 1864 - 20 October 1864

    Letters 179 - 204

    Chapter 923 October 1864 - 31 December 1864 (and 1 January 1865)

    Letters 205 - 237

    Part V: 1865

    Chapter 101 January 1865 - 17 February 1865

    Letters 238 - 252

    Chapter 1111 March 1865 - 27 June 1865

    Letters 253 - 269

    Photographs

Reviews
Reviews
  • Meticulously preserved and arranged, this monumental archive of correspondence between a Pennsylvania officer and his fiancée promises to be an indispensable resource for scholars, researchers, and general readers seeking to understand the social history of the American Civil War. Highlighting the perspective of soldiers at war and their loved ones back home, this volume poignantly captures the suffering and sacrifice endured by the Union's defenders.


    — Robert Sandow, professor of history, Commonwealth University


    By happy accident, the Civil War letters published here—letters written by Pennsylvania natives, Emma Taylor and Charles Lamborn—escaped destruction and fell into the scholarly hands of Richard Upsher Smith, Jr. Thanks to Smith’s meticulous research and editorial skills, this volume offers readers new insights into the military, political, and social dynamics of the great war as it played out in Chester County and beyond.


    — Charles F. Hobson, retired historian, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, College of William and Mary


Features
Features
  • The appendices for A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections can be downloaded.

    OPEN & DOWNLOAD



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