Love in the Time of Domestic Battle: An Analysis of Civil War Love Letters (2012)

Undergraduate: Brittany Spruill

Faculty Advisor: Jordynn Jack
Department: English

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In discussion of the American Civil War, the subjects such as slavery, states' rights, and other subjects of historical nature garner the most attention. But what about subjects of a more rhetorical nature? How did the soldiers fighting in the Civil War communicate with their loved ones back home? To answer these questions, I analyzed the love letters of Civil War soldiers to see their letters contained similar topics and structures.