Dear Wife: The Civil War Letters of Chester K. Leach
by: Feidner, Edward (Ed.)

Softcover. Burlington VT, University of Vermont, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages plus 9 pages of photos from the Leach family album. These 200+ letters were written during the Civil War to Leach's wife, Ann Leach, from June 1861 - June 1864. Leach's hometown was Fletcher, Vermont and many members of Fletcher, as well as surrounding towns of Fairfax and Fairfield, enlisted in what would become Company H of the 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It has been reported that during the Civil War, at least one out of every five military aged Vermont males served at some time. Leach gives his (and his Regiment's) opinion on the war as well as details history about developments, strategies, and occurrences. The close of the book also features 30+ pages titled "Who is Who." This is a large listing of Vermont Civil War soldiers, their rank, and details with dates (enlisted, commissioned, discharged, wounded, died, mustered, taken prisoner, etc.) INSCRIBED BY FEIDNER on the title page. Some sun fading to front cover, otherwise very good, clean. Newspaper review laid in.