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Thank you to Kathryn Shively Meier for contributing her outstanding introduction . Also, thanks to our highly skilled copyeditor, Barbara Lund, Lakeshore Editing Services. We would especially like to thank Park Rangers Tracy Chernault, Elizabeth Dinger, and Emmanuel Dabney from the Petersburg, Virginia, National Battlefield sta¤. Elizabeth was extremely helpful in connecting us with Tracy, who gave us a tour of the Petersburg Battlefield on March 21, 2011. The tour was tremendously informative and inspirational. Emmanuel, on the following day, provided us with information concerning City Point. Tracy, Elizabeth, and Emmanuel are truly representative of the incredibly valuable role public employees perform on a daily basis for their fellow Americans. To Jack Davison, thank you for the wonderful tour of Sun Prairie and the town of Bristol. Thanks to Lucy Vaaler for her expertise and input in the preparation of our manuscript. We would also like to thank the following individuals and groups for their part in preparing the Guy Carlton Taylor Civil War letters for publication : the University of Wisconsin Press; Peter Michael Klein, Sun Prairie Historical Society; author Jerry Apps; Bonnie and Mike Schmitz, residents of the town of Clinton, Vernon County, Wisconsin; Beth and Jerry Hemmersbach and the Cashton Village oªce; Kristen Parrot and Carol Krogan, Vernon County Historical Museum; Jarrod Roll, Monroe County, Wisconsin History Room; Wisconsin Historical Society library sta¤; Kristine Zickuhr, xvii Acknowledgments Wisconsin Veterans Museum; Vernon County Register of Deeds sta¤; Don and Sharon Copper, our Petersburg traveling companions; Janet Chapiewsky , resident of the town of Clinton; Jeremy Mosely, history teacher, Cashton High School, Cashton, Wisconsin; Nadia Lau; and our family, Joseph Alderson, Jeremy and Angela Biermeier, Ryan and Nichole Alderson, Bryan and Christin Biermeier, and Greg and Dana (Biermeier) LaBansky, for your love and support. xviii Acknowledgments Visiting the Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, Virginia (left to right): Ranger Elizabeth Dinger, Patsy Alderson, Kevin Alderson, and Ranger Tracy Chernault ...

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