The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Diana L. Dretske - UA) Shaara and preservation of the United

and preservation of the United States

Drawing on rarely-seen documents and family histories

Milroy’s controversial decision to stand and fight pitted his outnumbered and largely inexperienced men against some of Lee’s finest veterans

as well as homes and barns of the recipients of awards from Historic Gettysburg-Adams County who have demonstrated their passion for architectural preservation

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The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Diana L. Dretske - UA) Shaara and preservation of the Unitedby Diana L. Dretske When curator Diana L. Dretske discovered that the five long gone Union soldiers in a treasured photograph in the Bess Bower Dunn Museum were not fully identified, it compelled her into a project of recovery and reinterpretation. Utilizing an impressive array of local and national archives, as well as private papers, the authors microhistorical approach records events that often go unnoticed, such as a farmer enlisting in the middle