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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814208803321

Autore

Brandt Dennis W. <1946->

Titolo

From home guards to heroes [[electronic resource] ] : the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community / / Dennis W. Brandt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6542-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Shades of blue and gray series

Disciplina

973.7/448

Soggetti

Soldiers - Pennsylvania - York County - History - 19th century

Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Adams County - History - 19th century

Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories

Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

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 (p. 253-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Seeds -- Initial test : April-July 1861 -- Genesis -- The rank and file -- Commanders and their companies -- Discipline problems -- Desertion -- Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith -- South-central Pennsylvania and race -- Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg -- Monocacy -- Final days of war -- Postwar politics and reunions -- Epilogue: Two tales of closure.