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                     The Soldier Boy from Lena

100 Civil War letters with envelopes shown and transcribed  

Lena is located in Stephenson County Illinois

See the list of extensive content below including maps, legislation affecting pensions, sutlers, soldier ages, battle locations

This is the story of a young boy of 16 years of age 

who ran away from home and enlisted USING AN ALIAS in the Union Army at 

Camp Douglas in Chicago in 1862 in the

 72nd Illinois Infantry - The Chicago Board of Trade Regiment

See details below listing the extensive supplemental material in this leather hardbound book 

The highest quality scanned images printed on McCoy high quality paper.

Book images are  significantly better than eBay images shown.

See complete details in description below and the many pictures show - The Board of Trade Regiment with sample content pages.

The book includes a broad range of:

• Over 100 letters transcribed showing images of the letters and their mailing envelopes.

• Postal history with images of Civil War stationery (letter sheets) and covers (envelopes)
• Maps showing the locations where the letters were written from 1862-1865
• Photographs and drawings from the Civil War period
• The history of Civil War locations where the letters were written: Chicago's Camp Douglas, Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, Columbus, Kentucky/Belmont, Missouri, and Natchez
• All letters numbered, dated, and listed as to location written for cross-referencing throughout the book
• Various Charts showing the page numbers of the Civil War letters by year, maps, and military and civilian photographs

 

Other content includes chapters devoted to:

• The Bounty System detailing federal laws during the Civil War
• Sutlers and their legal requirements during the Civil War
• Military age regulations affecting volunteers and re-enlisting soldiers 
• Pension System legislation as it affected Civil War soldiers and their families
• The two postal systems, North and South,  during the Civil War
•  Biography Appendix including details of family members, friends and military officers cross-referenced to the numbered and transcribed letters
• A extensive Alphabetical Index