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Autore |
Marten James Alan |
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America's corporal : James Tanner in war and peace / / James Marten |
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Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - New York (State) - Schoharie County |
Disabled veterans - United States |
Amputees - United States |
Veterans - United States |
New York (State) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography |
Cobleskill (N.Y.) Biography |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue: no regrets -- The war hit me and hit me hard: Jimmie Tanner's Civil War -- Living with disability: Jim Tanner reinvents himself -- Brooklyn days: becoming Corporal Tanner -- God help the surplus: Corporal Tanner and Civil War pensions -- The most celebrated GAR man in the world: legacies -- Epilogue and conclusion: the footless ghost. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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James Tanner may be the most famous person in nineteenth-century America that no one has heard of. During his service in the Union army, he lost the lower third of both his legs and afterward had to reinvent himself. After a brush with fame as the stenographer taking down testimony a few feet away from the dying President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, Tanner eventually became one of the best-known men in Gilded Age America. He was a highly placed Republican operative, a popular Grand Army of the Republic speaker, an entrepreneur, and a celebrity. He earned fame and at least temporary fortune |
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