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Autore: | Clayton William Henry Harrison |
Titolo: | A damned Iowa greyhound [[electronic resource] ] : the Civil War letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton / / edited by Donald C. Elder III |
Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.7/477 |
Soggetto topico: | Soldiers - Iowa - Van Buren County |
Soggetto geografico: | Iowa History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives | |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns | |
Van Buren County (Iowa) Biography | |
West (U.S.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns | |
Altri autori: | ElderDonald C. <1952-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. "We Were Mustered into the Service Yesterday"; 2. "We Are in the 'Army of the Frontier'"; 3. "It Was a Perfect Slaughter Pen"; 4. "Vicksburg Is Ours"; 5. "We Held Them at Bay for Two Hours"; 6. "If the North Would Remain United"; 7. "We Will Be Apt to Wake Things Up in Alabama"; 8. "I Long to Get upon Old Chequest Again"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp.Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against M |
Titolo autorizzato: | A damned Iowa greyhound |
ISBN: | 1-58729-058-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910778728603321 |
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