<p>"I reckon I sympathize with you deeply Dear Walt and I wish I could be with you, if it would help you any. I would be the best nurse you ever had, I'll bet you. I would laugh and sing and read to you and if we both felt like it I could cry too, and not half try." So wrote Emma Randolph, a young woman not yet twenty, to her distant cousin, Private Walter G. Dunn of the 11th New Jersey Infantry, as he lay in a crowded, filthy hospital ward. They corresponded when Walter went off to war, but their real story began when he was carried from the smoke and carnage of Chancellorsville to a hospital in Baltimore. There, barely recovered, bloodied and dazed with ether, he aided overworked surgeons when the Gettysburg wounded poured into the city, and he regularly took up his pen to relay everyday events that became history</p>

After Chancellorsville: Library Edition

History

Cottom, Robert I.

Bailey, Judith A

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Blackstone Pub

When Private Walter G. Dunn of the Eleventh New Jersey Infantry went off to war, he began a correspondence with young Emma Randolph, a woman not yet twenty. When he was carried from the smoke and carnage of Chancellorsville to a crowded, filthy hospital ward in Baltimore, their real story began. There, barely recovered, bloodied and dazed with ether, he aided overworked surgeons when the Gettysburg wounded poured into the city and regularly took up his pen to relay everyday events that became history. She replied in kind. At home, men were torn by guilt, women lost in grief, and a presidential election loomed. But there were also church picnics, strawberry festivals, ice cream socials, and trips to the ocean. In time they realized their love for one another and planned a life together after the war ended. This was the American Civil War for many who lived it, a tragedy viewed through the eyes of a courageous youth and an unforgettable young woman.

After Chancellorsville Lib/E: Letters from the Heart: The Civil War Letters of Private Walter G. Dunn and Emma Randolph

Americas

Blackstone Publishing

Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided

Torn between North and South, Maryland experienced the Civil War in ways that were at once unique and a reflection of the state's reputation as "America in miniature." Now Robert Cottom and Mary Ellen Hayward offer a vivid and engaging history of Maryland's role in the war, richly illustrated with engravings, reproductions of rare documents, and photographs--many in full color--and supplemented with lively passages from contemporary news accounts, diaries, and personal letters.Distributed for the Maryland Historical Society.

Hayward, Mary Ellen

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

<p>With rare archival illustrations, including over 150 prints and photographs, many in full color, the authors provide dramatic vignettes that capture the agony of this slave-holding state divided between North and South.</p>

The Maryland Center for History and Culture

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After Chancellorsville: Library Edition

After Chancellorsville Lib/E: Letters from the Heart: The Civil War Letters of Private Walter G. Dunn and Emma Randolph

Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided

Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided