03550nam 2200493 450 991082186850332120180805074724.00-8117-6546-6(CKB)3710000000924774(MiAaPQ)EBC4718345(EXLCZ)99371000000092477420161122h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierImperfect union a father's search for his son in the aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg /Chuck RaaschLanham, Maryland :Stackpole Books,2016.©20161 online resource (417 pages)"Charles Raasch"--Cover.0-8117-1893-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the probable truth -- Angels above him -- A deathlike stillness -- A nettlesome pain -- You should have seen him -- Jove! What a dish! -- To conscientiously and manfully perform the duties of a journalist -- A self-made man who worships his creator -- If I have watermelons and whiskey ready -- A fanatical, impertinent, revolutionary fellow -- Now General Sherman, tell us your troubles -- A changed man was he -- The yeast which overflows in many columns -- I am 17 years and six months of age -- He was pure in thought and word -- True, steadfast and gentle -- They string you up to a tree damned quick -- A country redeemed, saved, baptized -- In search of captains and children -- The most persistent news hunter in Washington -- An unusually gauzy mystery of enchantment -- Mr. Wilkeson has been constantly attacking the administration -- Howard's Cowards -- They are just like our people -- The sun shining on a piece of hot iron -- Pandemonium! -- Hard times at Gettysburg -- The war devil is in him -- The most fortunate hazard of the day -- I have spiked the gun for them -- A terrible but incredibly fascinating scene -- The marvel is that any of them escaped -- The ground shook -- There was neither vanity or bravado -- Whether living now or dead he could not tell -- Death was in every one of them -- Pursuing his duty with a heavy heart -- A butcher's pen -- Hateful ravages -- They came by the thousands -- How beautiful he looked at her out of his eyes -- I would rather hear he was dead than that he had disgraced himself -- Who can write the history? -- The blood of a brave son printing upon his tortured heart -- More than his proportionate part -- You will almost want to kill him -- Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh -- He stood at my side -- I know what I saw distinctly with my own eyes -- He would have rather died that way than any other -- Sorrowful joy and profound gratitude.Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863BiographyFathers and sonsNew York (State)BuffaloBiographyWar correspondentsNew York (State)BuffaloBiographyBattle casualtiesPennsylvaniaGettysburgUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CasualtiesBuffalo (N.Y.)BiographyGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863Fathers and sonsWar correspondentsBattle casualties974.7/904092Raasch Chuck1707083MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821868503321Imperfect union4095014UNINA