Their Patriotic Duty: The Civil War Letters of the Evans Family of Brown County, Ohio

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 their patriotic duty The Civil War Letters of the Evans Family of Brown County, Ohio edited by robert f. engs & corey m. brooks original transcriptions by joseph shelton evans, jr.  their patriotic duty fordham university press New York 2007 Copyright 䉷 2007 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means —electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Their patriotic duty : the Civil War letters of the Evans family of Brown County, Ohio / edited by Robert F. Engs and Corey M. Brooks ; original transcriptions by Joseph S. Evans, Jr.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-2784-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Brown County (Ohio)—Social life and customs—19th century. 2. Evans, Andrew, 1809–1879—Correspondence. 3. Evans, Samuel, 1834–1910—Correspondence. 4. Ohio—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Social aspects. 5. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Social aspects. 6. Brown County (Ohio)—Biography. 7. United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 70th (1861–1865) 8. United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864–1866) 9. Soldiers—Ohio—Brown County—Correspondence. 10. Evans family—Correspondence. I. Engs, Robert Francis. II. Brooks, Corey M. III. Evans, Joseph S. F497.B8T455 2007 977.1⬘7960410922—dc22 2007039175 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In Memory of Joseph Shelton Evans, Jr. ...