Episode 2: Andrew Turner
from Private Voices Podcast Hosted by Benjamin Roy
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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