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UNINA9910958155503321 |
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Clayton William Henry Harrison |
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Titolo |
A damned Iowa greyhound : the Civil War letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton / / edited by Donald C. Elder III |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soldiers - Iowa - Van Buren County |
Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
Van Buren County (Iowa) Biography |
West (U.S.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 (p. 215-219) and index. |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. "We Were Mustered into the Service Yesterday"; 2. "We Are in the 'Army of the Frontier'"; 3. "It Was a Perfect Slaughter Pen"; 4. "Vicksburg Is Ours"; 5. "We Held Them at Bay for Two Hours"; 6. "If the North Would Remain United"; 7. "We Will Be Apt to Wake Things Up in Alabama"; 8. "I Long to Get upon Old Chequest Again"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index |
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William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp.Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against M |
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UNISA996658370403316 |
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Autore |
Knollys Hanserd <1599?-1691.> |
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An exposition of the whole book of the Revelation [[electronic resource] ] : wherein the visions and prophecies of Christ are opened and expounded : shewing the great conquests of our lord Jesus Christ for his church over all his and her adversaries pagan, arian, and papal ... / / by H.K |
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London, : Printed for the author and are to be sold by William Marshall, 1689 |
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Lacuna on t.p.--author's name illegible. |
Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. |
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