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Delivered under fire Absalom Markland and freedom's mail

""Delivered Under Fire" tells the harrowing story of a U.S. Post Office special agent who risked his life to protect and transfer some of the most personal and valuable connections between war and home"--

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Main Author:	Hooper, Candice Shy (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Markland, Absalom H., > -1888. Letter carriers > United States > Biography. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Postal service. Biographies.
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Summary:	""Delivered Under Fire" tells the harrowing story of a U.S. Post Office special agent who risked his life to protect and transfer some of the most personal and valuable connections between war and home"--
Item Description:	Place of publication from publisher's website.
Physical Description:	xii, 317 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781640124486 1640124489
Author Notes:	Candice Shy Hooper served on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Military History and on the board of directors of President Lincoln's Cottage at the National Soldiers' Home. She is a member of the Ulysses S. and Julia D. Grant Historical Home Advisory Board and a former president of the Johann Fust Library Foundation. She is the author of Lincoln's Generals' Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War--for Better and for Worse .