{"product_id":"yours-for-the-union-john-s-collier-9780823223046","title":"Yours for the Union: The Civil War Letters of John W. Chase, First Massachusetts Light Artillery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYours for the Union\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John Chase's reports of his service with the Army of the Potomac, reveal what the war was really like for the men who fought it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChase was a 36 year-old cabinetmaker from Roxbury, a widower with four young children when he enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Light Artillery. These well written letters portray a man who is trying to provide for his children, maintain his finances, obtain food and clothing to supplement his meager rations, all while marching in the mud and fighting a war. While he was a patriotic Northerner, his occasionally crude language reflects his strong opinion of abolitionists, and especially, of abolitionist politicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John S. Collier, Bonnie B. Collier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823223043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823223046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.84w x 1.19d","brand":"John S. Collier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571042996479,"sku":"9780823223046","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa35fce9-55fc-4db1-a808-2ad91b54aded.jpg?v=1738807078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yours-for-the-union-john-s-collier-9780823223046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}