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Autore |
Brown Thaddeus C. S. <1838-1927.> |
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Titolo |
Behind the guns [[electronic resource] ] : the history of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery / / Thaddeus C.S. Brown, Samuel J. Murphy, William G. Putney ; edited with a foreword by Clyde C. Walton ; preface by W.G. Putney |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69699-0 |
9786613673954 |
0-8093-9037-X |
0-585-46831-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MurphySamuel J. <1834-1918.> |
PutneyWilliam G. <1842-1919.> |
WaltonClyde C |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Illinois History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Artillery operations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published: 1965. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Preface; 1. Battery I is Mustered into Service; 2. Early Campaigns and Garrison Duty; 3. The Battle of Perryville; 4. The Bloody Battle of Chickamauga; 5. The Atlanta Campaign; 6. With Sherman to the Sea; 7. The End of the War: Aftermath; Appendix 1: Life in Rebel Prisons; Appendix 2: Personnel of Battery I; Appendix 3: A Song of Battery I; Index; The Shawnee Classics Series; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Much has been written of the infantry and the cavalry during the Civil War, but little attention has been paid the artillery. Through the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge in 1863 and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and with General Sherman's forces on the famous March to the Sea, the acts of a courageous fighting group are vividly |
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