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Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade

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Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade - Matrau, Henry, and Reid-Green, Marcia (Editor), and Mitchell, Reid (Foreword by)
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This volume comprises 63 previously unpublished letters from a young Civil War soldier to his family in Bainbridge Township, Michigan, written while he served in the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment, one of the units of the acclaimed "Iron Brigade". Only 16 when he joined the Union Army in 1861, Henry Matrau survived to describe the anxiety and discomfort of camp life and the sheer terror of combat. 4 photos.

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Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade 1998, University of Nebraska Press

ISBN-13: 9780803282421

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Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade 1993, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE

ISBN-13: 9780803231511

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Hardcover