Civil War Soldiers of Greater Cleveland

Download or read book Civil War Soldiers of Greater Cleveland written by Dale Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War interrupted the area around Cleveland, Ohio, in the middle of its great leap into prosperity, redirecting its men into military camps and its industrial strength into munitions and provisions. Dale Thomas roots his story in the letters that kept the ordinary soldiers from Cuyahoga County tethered to their families and friends on the home front, even as they moved from battlefield to battlefield, through sickness and captivity. For many, these letters were the only part of them to make it back--their final legacy to a community they had helped to build.