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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789632203321

Autore

Mazzagetti Dominick A

Titolo

"True Jersey blues" [[electronic resource] ] : the Civil War letters of Lucien A. Voorhees and William Mackenzie Thompson, 15th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers / / Dominick Mazzagetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-05480-9

9786613054807

1-61147-003-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/449092

Soggetti

Soldiers - New Jersey - Hunterdon County

New Jersey History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

Hunterdon County (N.J.) Biography

New Jersey History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Ode to the 15th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers; Excerpt from a Letter; Preface; 15th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, Time Line, 1862-1865; Chapter 1: The 15th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers; Chapter 2: Life in Camp; Chapter 3: Fredericksburg; Chapter 4: Politics; Chapter 5: Gettysburg; Chapter 6: Dangerous and Unpleasant Duty; Chapter 7: Officers, Generals, and President Lincoln; Chapter 8: Pleasant Distractions; Chapter 9: To Higher Callings; Chapter 10: Glory; Bibliography; Letter Index; Topic Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of two Civil War soldiers from Hunterdon County serving with the Army of the Potomac through letters written to hometown newspapers. Their vivid accounts of life on the march, fierce firefights, and everyday occupations convey a true sense of the Civil War as experienced by the men enlisted to fight. The letters from cover the period from the muster of the 15th Regiment at Flemington (August 1862) through the combat deaths of both writers at Spotsylvania (May



1864).