02942nam 2200613Ia 450 991080945210332120200520144314.01-4696-0431-00-8078-9838-4(CKB)2520000000007838(EBL)515685(OCoLC)609863440(SSID)ssj0000358433(PQKBManifestationID)11260050(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358433(PQKBWorkID)10377659(PQKB)10545282(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245555(OCoLC)867793930(MdBmJHUP)muse23398(Au-PeEL)EBL515685(CaPaEBR)ebr10372231(MiAaPQ)EBC515685(EXLCZ)99252000000000783820100427e20102000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCovered with glory the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg /Rod Gragg1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (337 p.)Originally published: HarperCollins, 2000.0-8078-7911-8 0-8078-7140-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index.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; INDEXThe 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 readablGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863North CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.973.7/349973.7349Gragg Rod1201272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809452103321Covered with glory4034680UNINA