LEADER 04045nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910826282203321 005 20230725021425.0 010 $a1-283-10199-8 010 $a9786613101990 010 $a1-57233-793-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000073271 035 $a(EBL)688831 035 $a(OCoLC)721195336 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319499 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10542635 035 $a(PQKB)11434273 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688831 035 $a(OCoLC)727367747 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16311 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10467786 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310199 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000073271 100 $a20100722d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLast to leave the field$b[electronic resource] $ethe life and letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry /$fedited by Timothy J. Orr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aKnoxville, Tenn. $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aVoices of the Civil War 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57233-729-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"Independence still lives" : from North Bridgewater to Philadelphia, May 21, 1840-July 28, 1861 -- "We are not without our sport" : guarding the Potomac, July 28, 1861-February 24, 1862 -- "We all supposed the time for chewing cartridges had come" : the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, February 24-September 1, 1862 -- "Baltimore is a slumbering volcano" : Melville Hayward in Baltimore, May 25-September 5, 1862 -- "I have seen death in every shape" : the Maryland Campaign, September 1-December 29, 1862 -- "These are America's dark days" : winter quarters : December 29, 1862-April 27, 1863 -- "Last to leave the field" : the Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27-May 23, 1863 -- "I have done my duty in the last great contest" : the Pennsylvania Campaign, May 23-September 24, 1863 -- "If a battle, let it begin with the riseing of the sun" : the Chattanooga Campaign, September 24, 1863-January 10, 1864 -- "The white starr shines in Philadelphia" : veteran furlough, January 10-May 3, 1864 -- "Carrieing the war into Africa" : the Atlanta Campaign, May 3-June 19, 1864 -- Epilogue : "at his country's call". 330 $aRevealing the mind-set of a soldier seared by the horrors of combat even as he kept faith in his cause, Last to Leave the Field showcases the private letters of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a Massachusetts native who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.Hayward's service, which began with his enlistment in the summer of 1861 and ended three years later following his mortal wounding at the Battle of Pine Knob in Georgia, took him through a variety of campaigns in both the Eastern and Western theaters of the war. He saw action in five states, participating in the b 410 0$aVoices of the Civil War. 606 $aSoldiers$zMassachusetts$zBrockton$vCorrespondence 606 $aSoldiers$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$vCorrespondence 607 $aPennsylvania$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives 607 $aPennsylvania$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories 607 $aBrockton (Mass.)$vBiography 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a973.7/448 700 $aHayward$b Ambrose Henry$f1840-1864.$01653119 701 $aOrr$b Timothy J$01653120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826282203321 996 $aLast to leave the field$94004238 997 $aUNINA