Untouched by the Conflict
The Civil War Letters of Singelton Ashenfelter, Dickinson College
Untouched by the Conflict
The Civil War Letters of Singelton Ashenfelter, Dickinson College
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"A delight to read, Singleton Ashenfelter's letters help to demystify intellectual and cultural life at colleges. Those of us researching and teaching about 19th-century students long have suffered from a dearth of published sources. Jonathan W. White and Daniel Glenn's transcribed and annotated edition gives us an accessible and satisfying entry into that hidden world. Students and historians of higher education, the Civil War home front, youth, religion, sexuality, and male friendship will learn much here."—Michael David Cohen, author of Reconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War
"In a field awash in combat literature, White and Glenn present a rare and candid look into the daily life and challenges of the home front through the eyes of a college youth teetering on manhood. The Ashenfelter letters are a study of midcentury masculinity, while also offering insight into courtship, friendship, personal behaviors, intellectual curiosity, and an uneven maturation. The author prides himself on being thoughtful, but not studious, preferring partying and pranks to classroom preparation. This carefully edited volume is a must-read for those interested in a 'coming of age' saga from the perspective of one of thousands of young men for whom the bloodshed of the Civil War occurred on the margins of their lives."—John M. Belohlavek, University of South Florida
"In recovering and contextualizing the letters of Singleton Ashenfelter, Jonathan White and Daniel Glenn have provided a wonderful education in 19th-century college life and the singular importance of friendship for young men like Ashenfelter and his friend Sam Pennypacker, men with ambition and hope for the future but no certainty about what it held for them. This is a gift to students and scholars alike."—Nicholas L. Syrett, author of The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities
Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and is the author or editor of nine books, including "Our Little Monitor": The Greatest Invention of the Civil War, with Anna Gibson Holloway.
Daniel Glenn is the author of several articles on the Civil War era that have appeared in Military Images, the Federal Lawyer, and Civil War Navy.