Tag: Dear Delia


Dr. John David Smith to Speak Sept. 17

Join us to hear Dr. John David Smith’s lecture “The Making and Meaning of Dear Delia: The Civil War Letters of Captain Henry F. Young, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry.” Henry Young, an officer in the famed Iron Brigade, wrote 155 letters home during the Civil War, offering insights and details of military service that enable readers to witness the war through his eyes. The correspondence highlights the candid perspective of a young officer from America’s western heartland who was fiercely determined […]

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