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Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife

An Autobiography

Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife( )
Author: Logan, John A.
Foreword by: Simon, John Y.
Series title:Shawnee Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8093-2157-5
Publication Date:Nov 1997
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.95
Book Description:

Mrs. John A. Logan's story, and that of her husband, a general in the American Civil war. She tells of the important events in their life, such as their marriage, the birth of their children, the Civil War, opinions about Abraham Lincoln and his assassination, and her husband's death.

Author Biography
Logan, John A. (Author)
Civil War scholar John Y. Simon was born in Highland Park, Illinois on June 25, 1933. He received a B. A. from Swarthmore College and an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He taught at Ohio State University before becoming a member of the Southern Illinois University history department in 1964. During his 34 years there, he taught courses on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the history of Illinois.

He also wrote and edited numerous books about Lincoln, Grant, and the Civil War. Beginning in 1962, he started editing the papers of Ulysses S. Grant, which comprised of thousands of documents and annotations, and set a new standard for the organization of historical documents. In 2004, he received a Lincoln Prize for his work. He was nearing completion of this project when he died on July 8, 2008.

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