03542oam 22005774a 450 991097404390332120251117102410.00-8173-9161-4(CKB)3790000000543675(MiAaPQ)EBC5211464(OCoLC)1019645836(MdBmJHUP)muse66472(Au-PeEL)EBL5211464(CaPaEBR)ebr11491893(OCoLC)1017758165(EXLCZ)99379000000054367520170517d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Perfect Scout A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas /George W. Quimby ; edited by Anne Sarah Rubin and Stephen Murphy1st ed.Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama Press[2018]1 online resource (221 pages)0-8173-1971-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface by Stephen Murphy -- Introduction by Anne Sarah Rubin -- George W. Quimby's Introduction -- Part I. The Great March to the Sea -- 1. Introduction to Scouting -- 2. Fayetteville -- 3. General Kilpatrick and Lieutenant Griffin -- 4. Mr. Stokesbury -- 5. The Demijohn -- 6. Milledgeville -- 7. Texas Rangers -- 8. Texans Again -- 9. Missouri Jayhawkers -- 10. Peach Wine -- 11. Ferry -- 12. Millen -- 13. Pine Cones -- 14. Riding with the Rebels -- 15. Canoe Expedition -- 16. Down the Ogeechee -- 17. Rescued in the Bay -- 18. General Howard's Version -- 19. On the Flag-Ship -- 20. Fort McAllister Falls -- 21. Siege of Savannah -- 22. In Savannah -- 23. The Stevensons -- Part II. The Campaign of the Carolinas -- 24. First Day -- 25. Crossing the Creek -- 26. Mr. New -- 27. Miss Virginia -- 28. Mascots -- 29. Rain -- 30. Pontoon Bridge on Congaree River -- 31. Fire in Columbia -- 32. On to Camden -- 33. Wounded -- 34. Face Off with Rebels -- 35. Lieutenant McQueen -- 36. Longtonen -- 37. Recovered -- 38. Notes from General Howard -- 39. Dispatches to General Terry -- 40. Delayed -- 41. A Rest -- 42. Dispatches Delivered -- 43. Goldsboro -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.A rare and dramatic first-person account by a Union scout who served General William Tecumseh Sherman on his "march to the sea"   After his father-in-law passed away, Stephen Murphy found, among the voluminous papers left behind, an ancestral memoir.Murphy quickly became fascinated with the recollections of George W.Sherman's March through the CarolinasSherman's March to the SeaScouts (Reconnaissance)United States19th centuryBiographySoldiersUnited States19th centuryBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Scouts and scoutingUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesElectronic books. Sherman's March through the Carolinas.Sherman's March to the Sea.Scouts (Reconnaissance)Soldiers973.7/8092Quimby George W.1842-1926,1857223Rubin Anne S.MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910974043903321The Perfect Scout4457984UNINA