LEADER 02942nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910809452103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0431-0 010 $a0-8078-9838-4 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007838 035 $a(EBL)515685 035 $a(OCoLC)609863440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358433 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260050 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358433 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377659 035 $a(PQKB)10545282 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245555 035 $a(OCoLC)867793930 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515685 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007838 100 $a20100427e20102000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCovered with glory $ethe 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg /$fRod Gragg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: HarperCollins, 2000. 311 $a0-8078-7911-8 311 $a0-8078-7140-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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; INDEX 330 $aThe 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 readabl 606 $aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 607 $aNorth Carolina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 615 0$aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. 676 $a973.7/349 676 $a973.7349 700 $aGragg$b Rod$01201272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809452103321 996 $aCovered with glory$94034680 997 $aUNINA