LEADER 03048nam 22006494a 450 001 9910451473903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8147-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483501 035 $a(EBL)438125 035 $a(OCoLC)320323352 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192452 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192452 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197586 035 $a(PQKB)11370601 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438125 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438125 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218376 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483501 100 $a20060731d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLike grass before the scythe$b[electronic resource] $ethe life and death of Sgt. William Remmel, 121st New York Infantry /$fedited by Robert Patrick Bender 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1552-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-169) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a 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 immigran 606 $aSoldiers$zNew York (State)$vCorrespondence 606 $aGerman American families$zNew York (State)$zDevereaux 606 $aImmigrants$zNew York (State)$zDevereaux$vBiography 607 $aNew York (State)$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aNew York (State)$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aDevereaux (N.Y.)$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aGerman American families 615 0$aImmigrants 676 $a973.7/447092 700 $aRemmel$b William$01037146 701 $aBender$b Robert Patrick$0974687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451473903321 996 $aLike grass before the scythe$92457909 997 $aUNINA