Your Affectionate Father, Charles F. Smith

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Your Affectionate Father, Charles F. Smith is written by Allen Mesch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1530062357 (ISBN 10) and 9781530062355 (ISBN 13).

From December 1855 to March 1860, Lieutenant Colonel Smith served with the Tenth Infantry Regiment in the Minnesota Territory where he led an expedition to the Red River of the North and then in the Utah Territory as an officer in the Mormon Expedition. During this period, Charles F. Smith began to correspond with his daughter Fanny Mactier Smith. The letters contain unblemished observations about Charles's experiences and fatherly advice to Fanny. These letters provide an intimate view of antebellum life in a military family.