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    A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years; Bloody Williamson; Philip K. Wrigley...
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    A call to character; Beconings; Maud Martha...
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Ed Gleeson

Born: Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: N/A

Biography: Ed is a frequent lecturer at Civil War seminars and a contributor to Civil War periodicals.

Awards:

Ed Gleason on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ed+gleeson

Selected Titles

Erin go gray! :
ISBN: 1578600170 OCLC: 39118399

Guild Press of Indiana, Carmel, Ind. : ©1997.

Illinois rebels :
ISBN: 1878208888 OCLC: 36344427

Guild Press of Indiana, Carmel, Ind. : ©1996.

Thirty-four enlistees of Company G, out of the total of 99, were residents of Marion (28) & Carbondale (6), Illinois. The other 65 enlistees were from western Kentucky, middle Tennessee, east Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri & Minnesota.
Rebel sons of Erin :
ISBN: 1878208233 OCLC: 29459886

Guild Press of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN : ©1993.

 

 

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