For four years Strong wrote 44 heartfelt letters home as he courts his future wife, Mary Milliman.
He grapples with his emotions as the initial adventure of war turns violent and bloody. Luther comes to know hardship, hunger and grief, yet tries to find solace where he can – in nature, battlefield successes and his budding relationship with Mary.
Intended at the time for Mary’s eyes only, Luther’s Letters take today’s readers back to the most tumultuous time in our nation’s history. These letters are articulate and insightful, and a significant addition to Civil War scholarship, and to helping people of today feel in a very deep way the struggles of Americans of that time.
By Michael L. Sutton
and Donald L. Allison
ISBN 979-8-9861060-0-7
208 Pages
