Toward a More Perfect Union : The Civil War Letters of Frederic and Elizabeth Lockley. Toward a more perfect union : the Civil War letters of Frederic and Elizabeth Lockley / edited by Charles E. Rankin.

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. The Setting
2. Days of Roman Heroism: August-September 1862
3. It's All for Our Country: September-November 1862
4. Not Exactly a Bed of Roses: December 1862
5. We Must Ride the Tempest: January-May 1863
6. Your Letters Are My Meat and Drink: May-June 1863
7. Would You Fancy the Surprise?: Mid-June-Mid-July 1863
8. I Am at My Old Lunes: July-September 1863
9. Hope Is the Anchor of the Soul: October 1863
10. A Rather Scandalous Affair: November 1863-January 1, 1864
11. This Morning That Boy Was Buried: January-March 1864
12. I Left Josey Standing on the Stoop: March-April 1864
13. Sergeant Major! We Have Got Our Orders!: May-June 1864
14. Soldiering in Its Roughest, Sternest Form: June-July 1864
15. An Epoch of Endurance: Mid-July-Mid-August 1864
16. No Sundays in the Army: August-September 1864
17. Fighting Is Almost Incessant: September-October 1864
18. Which Ticket Are You Going to Vote?: October-November 1864
19. Johnnies Deserting by Wholesale: December 1864-January 1865
20. The Fighting Is Nearly Over: February-March 1865
21. The Little Mischief: March-April 1865
22. A Soul Struggling to Be Free: April-May 1865
23. I Share with You in This Impatience: Early to Mid-May 1865
24. My Last Letter!!: Late May-June 1865
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Frederic's Letter to Elizabeth, January 11, 1863
Appendix 2: Frederic's Letter to Elizabeth, August 7, 1864
Appendix 3: Timeline of Key Events
Notes
Bibliography
Index.