Above a Common Soldier: Frank and Mary Clarke in the American West and the Civil War

by Charles Francis Clarke, Mary Clarke, and Darlis A. Miller

First published as'To Form A More Perfect Union' in 1941, this rare volume of Civil War-era letters relates the poignant experiences of an English immigrant in the service of the United States Army. After Frank Clarke's tragic death in 1862, his wife Mary corresponded with his English mother, detailing the daily struggles of a military widow and her five sons in frontier Kansas. 12 halftones.

• ISBN10: 0585187231
• ISBN13: 9780585187235
• Publish Date: December 1997 (first published 1 October 1997)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
• Edition: Rev. ed., 2nd e.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English