A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke

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A Badger Boy in Blue This page intentionally left blank A Badger Boy in Blue The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke With an Introduction and Appendix by William H. Mulligan, Jr. Wayne State University Press Detroit © 2007 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cooke, Chauncey H. (Chauncey Herbert), 1846–1919. A badger boy in blue : the Civil War letters of Chauncey H. Cooke / with an introduction and appendix by William H. Mulligan, Jr. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3343-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8143-3343-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Cooke, Chauncey H. (Chauncey Herbert), 1846–1919—Correspondence. 2. United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 25th (1862–1865) 3. Soldiers—Wisconsin—Correspondence. 4. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 5. Wisconsin—History— Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 6. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865— Campaigns. I. Mulligan, William H. II. Title. E537.525th .C476 2007 973.7'475092—dc22 2006038135 Chauncey H. Cooke’s letters were originally printed in Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1920–22. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ...