Private Voices Podcast

Episode 2: Andrew Turner


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Andrew Turner is a PhD student at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. His dissertation is on underage soldiers and sailors during the American Civil War, focusing on their conceptions of gender and manliness. To view the letters discussed during this program, visit altchive.org or the links pasted below


Jesse Pouns

https://altchive.org/node/10613

 

Pascal Gilmore

https://altchive.org/node/12582

 

John A. Boyette

https://altchive.org/node/10571

 

Arthur Martin

https://altchive.org/node/13552

 

William Ellis

https://altchive.org/node/13397


Errata: Andrew did some research after the episode and found that the phrase "how are you salt river!" was a common expression in antebellum political culture, and meant to suffer an ignominious defeat. It was especially common in the South, and you can read more about it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_River_(politics)

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