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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790194803321

Autore

Plumb Robert C

Titolo

Your brother in arms [[electronic resource] ] : a Union soldier's odyssey / / Robert C. Plumb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8262-7250-9

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 310 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Shades of blue and gray series

Altri autori (Persone)

McClellandGeorge Pressly <1842-1898.>

Disciplina

973.7/81

Soggetti

Soldiers - United States - History - 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Volunteer -- National War Climate, Recruitment, and War Preparations, August-September 1862 -- 2. Into the Fray -- Antietam, Sharpsburg Area, September-October 1862 -- 3. On the March -- Maryland, Harper's Ferry, and Virginia, November-December 1862 -- 4. "Carnage and Destruction" -- Fredericksburg, December 1862 -- 5. Mud, Morale, and Monotony, January-April 1863 -- 6. "This Coveted Ground" -- Chancellorsville, April-June 1863 -- 7. Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee, June-July 1863 -- 8. "Pack Up and March," August-October 1863 -- 9. "Shooing Geese across a Creek" and Decision at Mine Run, October-December 1863 -- 10. Winter Encampment, January-April 1864 -- 11. The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and North Anna River -- The Overland Campaign and Hospital Recovery, April-uly 1864 -- 12. "Hold on with a Bull Dog Grip" -- Petersburg, July-September 1864 -- 13. "Strong Men Strengthened and the Weak Made Strong" -- Petersburg and the Weldon Railroad Raid, October-December 1864 -- 14. "He Knows Not What a Day or Hour May Bring Forth" -- Dabney's Mills and Second Hatcher's Run, January-March 1865 -- 15. "The Beautiful Captain" -- Five Forks, March-April 1865 -- 16. "What Will Become of All These Men?" The Postwar Years, 1865-1898.

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