Dear Sister: Civil War Letters to a Sister in AlabamaReprints letters from John Wesley Branscomb, William Henry Branscomb, James Zachariah Branscomb, and Lewis Sylvester Branscomb, each with a different Confederate unit but all stationed in Virginia, to their sister Lucinda Caroline Branscomb Hunter in Union Springs, Alabama and to other family members. Material is put into historical context and some family history is also included. |
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| Title | Dear Sister: Civil War Letters to a Sister in Alabama |
| Editor | Frank Anderson Chappell |
| Publisher | Branch Springs Pub., 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Apr 8, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0972762205, 9780972762205 |
| Length | 241 pages |
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