Jodi Boe’s Reviews > Columns of Vengeance: Soldiers, Sioux, and the Punitive Expeditions, 1863–1864 > Status Update

"Soldiers also wrote to their children. The letters were filled with love, concern for physical and mental well-being, and advice. What the content of this correspondence also shows was a departure from the more stern, disciplined, and controlling parental approach of the 18th and early 19th century to a more modern view of an affectionate and child-centered family." Interesting!