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Gragg Rod |
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Covered with glory : the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg / / Rod Gragg |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0431-0 |
0-8078-9838-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
North Carolina 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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Originally published: HarperCollins, 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "I WAS ONCE A SOLDIER"; 1 GOOD, HONEST AMERICAN STOCK; 2 INTO THE JAWS OF CERTAIN DEATH; 3 WE ARE ON OUR WAY; 4 "MAY THE GOOD LORD TAKE CARE OF THE PORE SOLDIERS"; 5 "SUMMER IS ENDED"; 6 "LIKE WHEAT BEFORE THE SICKLE"; 7 COVERED WITH GLORY; 8 "THE SICKENING HORRORS OF WAR"; 9 "ALL WERE WILLING TO DIE"; 10 "TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS"; 11 "UNCONQUERED IN SPIRIT"; EPILOGUE: "STEADFAST TO THE LAST"; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail. Praised for its ""exhaustive scholarship"" and its ""highly readabl |
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