A Choice Between Right and Duty: Love and War in the Civil War Letters of Lt. Col. Luther Strong (Donald Allison, Michael Sutton - DLM) Concise Lincoln Library intellectuals

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The town of Gettysburg and surrounding farms witnessed a battle and horrific aftermath in 1863

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A Choice Between Right and Duty: Love and War in the Civil War Letters of Lt. Col. Luther Strong (Donald Allison, Michael Sutton - DLM) Concise Lincoln Library intellectualsby Donald Allison & Michael Sutton Experience romance and adversity in the Civil War through the eyes of a man who lived it, Lt. Col Luther Strong of Ohio. For four years, Luther Strong wrote 44 heartfelt letters home as he courted his future wife, Mary Milliman. He grapples with his emotions as the initial adventure of war turns violent and bloody. Luther comes to know hardship, hunger, and grief, yet tries to find solace where he can in nature,