Bushwhackers and Broken Hearts: Letters from Missouri during the Civil War

This nonfiction book portrays life in rural Missouri during the War between the States. Candid letters to a Union soldier give insights into the lives of his people back home. An up-close and personal glimpse into the Civil War on the home front. It is a saga of love and infidelity, of patriotism and desertion, of troubled birth and tragic death, of commodity prices and crying babies—the stuff of daily life in a Missouri torn apart by fear and animosity. Authentic Civil War letters, fully annotated and discussed. "An excellent job of publishing and interpreting the letters." ---LOUIS S. GERTEIS, professor of history, University of Missouri at St. Louis, author of "Civil War St. Louis"