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Yankee Correspondence

Civil War Letters Between New England Soldiers and the Home Front

by Nina Silber, Mary Beth Sievens

Cover of Yankee Correspondence

These letters by New England soldiers and their families, speak of the hardships of the Civil War in the US, especially frustrations with the army, home-front suffering and government policies.

CorrespondenceSoldiersPersonal narrativesHistoryUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narrativesUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, sources