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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785762903321

Autore

Opdycke Emerson

Titolo

To battle for God and the right [[electronic resource] ] : the Civil War letterbooks of Emerson Opdycke / / edited by Glenn V. Longacre and John E. Haas ; foreword by Peter Cozzens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2003

ISBN

1-283-61827-3

9786613930729

0-252-09203-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LongacreGlenn

HaasJohn E

Disciplina

973.7/82

Soggetti

Generals - United States

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Southwest, Old History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Southwest, Old History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword by Peter Cozzens""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editorial Method""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ""To Battle for God, and the Right"" August 31, 1861-February 13, 1862""; ""2. ""I Am Sick of Doing Nothing"" February 15, 1862-March 31, 1862""; ""3. ""On Ground Made Red"" April 12, 1862-April 29, 1862""; ""4. ""Halleck Out Witted"" May 12, 1862-August 10, 1862""; ""5. ""I Am Proud of the Regt."" December 31, 1862-February 10, 1863""; ""6. ""A Very Pretty, Wealthy, Secesh Place"" February 14, 1863-June 23, 1863""

""7. ""The Roads Are Awful"" June 29, 1863-September 21, 1863""""8. ""They Can Kill Us, nut Never Whip Us"" September 23, 1863-September 30, 1863""; ""9. ""Cruel War"" October 1, 1863-October 25, 1863""; ""10. ""I Sacrificed My Personal Ambition"" October 28, 1863-November 28, 1863""; ""11. ""I Am Sick of Being under Potomac Generals"" November 29, 1863-January 25, 1864""; ""Illustrations follow page



158""; ""12. ""We Are in God's Hands"" March 31, 1864-May 3, 1864""; ""13. ""Under Fire"" May 5, 1864-June 9, 1864""; ""14. ""How Long Oh Lord How Long"" June 22, 1864-July 1, 1864""

""15. ""In Sight of Atlanta"" July 4, 1864-August 3, 1864""""16. ""Such a Sea of Blood"" August 6, 1864-September 7, 1864""; ""17. ""An Important Captured City"" September 9, 1864-September 24, 1864""; ""18. ""Hood Is Making Desperate Efforts"" September 26, 1864-November 1, 1864""; ""19. ""Fight Whenever and Whereever You Think Best"" November 3, 1864-December 13, 1864""; ""20. ""Brilliant Victories"" December 17, 1864-January 6, 1865""; ""21. ""I Cannot Remain Away from You and the Boy Any Longer"" January 8, 1865-March 28, 1865""

""22. ""Broken Limbs and Bleeding Hearts"" March 30, 1865-June 14, 1865""""23. ""Homeward Bound"" June 17, 1865-August 29, 1865""; ""Appendixes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""