Dear Friend Anna: The Civil War Letters of a Common Soldier from Maine [Hardcover] Edwards, Abial Hall; Kallgren, Beverly Hayes; Crouthamel, James L. and Edwards, Anna

The Civil War letters of Abial Edwards are published here in full, with careful attention to reproducing Edwards’s exact wording, spelling, and punctuation. Historian James L. Crouthamel places the letters in historical context with introductory comments and explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.