| A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War: Marcus M. Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers Contributor(s): Spiegel, Marcus M. (Author), Soman, Jean Powers (Editor), Byrne, Frank L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803292325 ISBN-13: 9780803292321 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: Marcus M. Spiegel, a German Jewish immigrant, served with the 67th and 120th Ohio Volunteer regiments during the Civil War. He saw action in Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where he was fatally wounded in May 1864. These letters to Caroline, his wife, reveal the traumatizing experience of a soldier and the constant concern of a husband and father. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95005381 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 353 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marcus Spiegel, a German Jewish immigrant, served with the 67th and 120th Ohio Volunteer regiments during the Civil War. He saw action in Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where he was fatally wounded in May 1864. These letters to Caroline, his wife, reveal the traumatizing experience of a soldier and the constant concern of a husband and father. Jean Powers Soman is a great-great-granddaughter of Marcus Spiegel. Her coeditor, Frank L. Byrne, is a professor of history at Kent State University and the editor of several books, including Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers. |