03048nam 22006494a 450 991045147390332120200520144314.00-8173-8147-3(CKB)1000000000483501(EBL)438125(OCoLC)320323352(SSID)ssj0000192452(PQKBManifestationID)11166238(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192452(PQKBWorkID)10197586(PQKB)11370601(MiAaPQ)EBC438125(MdBmJHUP)muse27088(Au-PeEL)EBL438125(CaPaEBR)ebr10218376(EXLCZ)99100000000048350120060731d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLike grass before the scythe[electronic resource] the life and death of Sgt. William Remmel, 121st New York Infantry /edited by Robert Patrick BenderTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1552-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-169) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; Introduction; 1. 1862: ""On Our Way for Washington""; 2. 1863: ""Like Grass before the Scythe""; 3. 1864: ""Should I Ever Return to Your Fireside""; Epilogue; Notes; Index Uncommonly articulate letters from a young German-American soldier with the Union forces. During a conflict that saw death visit many households in the land, this is the story of a young recruit's devotion to family and nation. William Remmel's letters cover more than two full years of service in the 121st New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, from August 1862 to October of 1864. They provide details on military and social history in the eastern theater of operations and on the experience of the homefront in upstate New York among a largely immigranSoldiersNew York (State)CorrespondenceGerman American familiesNew York (State)DevereauxImmigrantsNew York (State)DevereauxBiographyNew York (State)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesNew York (State)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesDevereaux (N.Y.)BiographyElectronic books.SoldiersGerman American familiesImmigrants973.7/447092Remmel William1037146Bender Robert Patrick974687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451473903321Like grass before the scythe2457909UNINA