I Seat Myself to Write You a Few Lines:
Civil War and Homestead Letters from Thomas Lucas and Family
Table of Contents
Dedication
iii
List of Illustrations
vi
Maps
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Editing Note
x
Preface
xi
Section I -- Thomas Lucas: Civil War Soldier
1
Cavalry Chains of Command and Regimental Structure [page 2]
Glossary [page 3]
Introduction [page 5]
Chapter 1 -- Going to War: August 1861-March 1862 [page 11]
Chapter 2 -- From the Rappahannock to the Shenandoah: March - June 1862 [page 69]
Chapter 3 -- In the Army of Virginia: July - August 1862 [page 95]
Chapter 4 -- Interlude and Advance: September - December 1862 [page 107]
Chapter 5 -- Winter Along the Rappahannock: January - April 1863 [page 123]
Chapter 6 -- The Gettysburg Campaign: May - July 1863 [page 147]
Chapter 7 -- Picket and Skirmish in Northern Virginia: August - December 1863 [page 165]
Chapter 8 -- Winter in Warrenton: January - April 1864 [page 193]
Chapter 9 -- A Hard Summer on Horseback: April - September 1864 [page 221]
Update on comrades of Thomas Lucas [page 241]
Letters from Comrades [page 242]
Section II -- Thomas Lucas and Family: From Home Town to Homestead
[page 247]
Introduction
[page 249]
Chapter 1 --
Peace and Tragedy in the Home Town: September 1864 - October 1885
[page 251]
Chapter 2 --
A New Life: Homestead on the Prairie: October 1885 - December 1887
[page 273]
Chapter 3 --
Wedding Bells and Babies: January 1888 - July 1895
[page 301]
Chapter 4 --
Raising families on the Prairie: August 1895 - 1909
[page 345]
Chapter 5 --
Enjoying the Golden Years: 1910 - 1954
[page 359]
Section III: Family and Friends
[page 393]
Biographies
Sudie L. Crawford [page 393]
Charles Alford Gregg [page 393]
Ellis Franklin Gregg ("Frank") [page 393]
James Kerr Gregg [page 394]
Jesse Armstrong Gregg [page 396]
Victoria Hammond [page 396]
Letty Jane Kerr [page 396]
Anna Swan Lucas [page 397]
Charles Swan Lucas [page 398]
Charles Wayne Lucas ("Stub") [page 399]
Elizabeth Kerr Lucas ("Libby") [page 399]
Emma Lincoln Lucas [page 401]
Jonas Emery Lucas [page 403]
Lucy Lucas [page 404]
Permelia Rogers Lucas ("Millie") [page 405]
Sarah Lucas ("Sade") [page 406]
Susan Luetta Lucas ("Lulu") [page 406]
Thomas Lucas [page 407]
Thomas Martin Lucas [page 409]
Ruth Martin [page 410]
Family Tree [page 411]
Bibliography [page 417]
Appendix: The Letters -- History and Editing Notes [page 419]
Index [page 427]
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