My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love
Language: English
Published by Missouri Historical Society Press, 2015
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- Title
- My Dear Molly: The Civil War Letters of Captain James Love
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1883982820
- ISBN 13
- 9781883982829
The book opens with a prologue describing Love’s life before the war, including his immigration to the United States from Ireland, his early career, and a trip to Australia he took in the 1850s. The body of the text consists of his letters and is divided into three sections: Love’s early service with the Fifth US Reserve Corps, most of which was spent in Missouri; his service with the Eighth Kansas Infantry, which includes descriptions of military life and battle, ending with him being wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga and taken prisoner; and his years in various Confederate prisons and his attempts to escape. Each portion of the book begins with an introduction to place the letters in their historical context and to briefly explain the events and people that Love mentions in his letters. It concludes with an epilogue describing his final, successful escape, his life with Molly after the war, how the letters came to the Missouri History Museum, and Kodner’s discovery of her connections through family friends to James and Molly’s descendants. My Dear Molly is a remarkable, riveting volume that will add much to our knowledge of the Civil War period—its battles and conflicts as well as the experiences of ordinary Americans like James and Molly.
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