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Bonsall Spencer <1816-1888.> |
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Titolo |
Well satisfied with my position : the Civil War journal of Spencer Bonsall / / edited by Michael A. Flannery and Katherine H. Oomens |
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Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8093-8769-7 |
1-4356-6347-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (157 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FlanneryMichael A. <1953-> |
OomensKatherine H. <1972-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hospitals - United States - Employees |
Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Hospitals |
Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Spencer Bonsall's Life and Times to 1863; Peninsula Campaign: May 6 through June 22, 1862; Editors' Note on the Interlude of June to December 1862; Fredericksburg: December 5 to December 16, 1862; Windmill Point and Falmouth: January 6 to March 26, 1863; Editors' Postscript on March 1863 through War's End; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover |
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Well Satisfied with My Position offers a first-person account of army life during the Civil War' s Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Fredericksburg. Spencer Bonsall, who joined the 81st Pennsylvania Infantry as a hospital steward, kept a journal from March 1862 until March 1863, when he abruptly ceased writing. Editors Michael A. Flannery and Katherine H. Oomens place his experiences in the context |
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