Courtship, Community, and Conflict: Montgomery County in the Civil War

Authors

  • Yoss Arianlou
  • Allen Beltran
  • Russell Daniels
  • Broderick Khoshbin
  • Michelle Miller
  • Kris Poker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.sourcelab.v1.440

Keywords:

montgomery county, civil war, courtship, mcnitt, mcnitt family letters

Abstract

Vol. 1, No. 5 (2019)

With contributions by Alison Mink. 

This issue of SourceLab presents correspondence from the McNitt family archive.  The McNitts lived in Montgomery County, Illinois during the US Civil War.

This publication is part of the digital documentary edition series SourceLab, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our Editorial Board conducts rigorous peer-review of every edition.

Author Biographies

  • Yoss Arianlou

    Class of 2021, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Allen Beltran

    Class of 2019, earned a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Russell Daniels

    Class of 2019, earned a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Broderick Khoshbin

    Class of 2020, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Michelle Miller

    Class of 2019, earned a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Kris Poker

    Class of 2019, earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Published

2020-04-23

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