Title "Don't tell father I have been shot at" : the Civil War letters of Captain George N. Bliss, First Rhode Island Cavalry / George N. Bliss ; edited by William C. Emerson with Elizabeth C. Stevens.

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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, [2018]

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Summary	"Captain George N. Bliss of the First Rhode Island Cavalry survived 27 actions during the Civil War. Injured and taken prisoner, he was consigned to Libby Prison in Richmond. Bliss detailed his experiences in letters to a friend and sent dispatches to a Providence newspaper. His writings are rich with details of the war and his own opinions"-- Provided by publisher
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Contents	Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Editorial Note; Introduction; ONE. "Chaos still reigns" (March-May 1862); TWO. "Don't tell father I have been shot at" (May-July 1862); THREE. "If we are not all generals neither are we all fools" (August-December 1862); FOUR. "Our day ought to be near at hand" (January-May 1863); FIVE. "Our regt has just been cleaned up" (June-August 1863); SIX. "[I] report today at New Haven Conn." (August 1863-April 1864); SEVEN. "I am ordered to rejoin my regiment" (May-August 1864); EIGHT. "Chasing the rebels ... is a very exciting amusement" (August-September 1864)
	NINE. "Is there a mason here, I am a mason" (September 1864-February 1865)TEN. "Out of the horrible pit, out of the miry clay" (February-May 1865); ELEVEN. Postwar Life in East Providence, 1865-1928; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
Subject	Bliss, George N. (George Newman), 1837-1928 -- Correspondence.
	United States. Army. Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
	United States. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence.
	Bliss, George N. (George Newman), 1837-1928. (OCoLC)fst01808541
	United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
	United States. Army. Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst00754714
	Libby Prison.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Armed Forces -- Officers. (OCoLC)fst00814617
	Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term	1861-1865
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Personal correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01919948
Added Author	Emerson, William C., 1940- editor.
	Stevens, Elizabeth C., 1947- editor.
Added Title	Civil War letters of Captain George N. Bliss, First Rhode Island Cavalry
Other Form:	Print version: Bliss, George N. (George Newman), 1837-1928. "Don't tell father I have been shot at". Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018] 9781476673912 (DLC) 2018010222 (OCoLC)1013170646
ISBN	9781476632827 (electronic book)
	1476632820 (electronic book)

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