Read Letters to Belle Civil War Letters and Life of Chicago Lawyer and Volunteer Colonel John A Bross 29th US Colored Infantry John A Bross Justine Bross Yildiz 9781983368905 Books

Product details Paperback 549 pages Publisher Independently published (August 9, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 1983368903

Letters to Belle Civil War Letters and Life of Chicago Lawyer and Volunteer Colonel John A Bross 29th US Colored Infantry John A Bross Justine Bross Yildiz 9781983368905 Books Reviews

• The John Bross who wrote letters to his beloved wife in the period leading up to his early death in the Civil War seems to have been an unusually literate and attractive young man. The book gains interest from the fact that Bross commanded Colored Infantry.. Above all, the introductory chapters by his namesake and modern descendant contextualize the letters. There is a fascinating characterization of early Chicago, for which the letters, which unlike most such documents escaped destruction in the Chicago Fire, are extraordinary first-hand evidence. There is also a brave and nuanced discussion of racial issues.
• Thoroughly researched, well-written biography of an important figure in the Civil War