| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-293) and index. |
| Contents |
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" |
| Summary |
"Here, fully told for the first time, is the story of the 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863 the regiment's eight-hundred-plus troops - young men from North Carolina's mountains, farmlands, and hamlets - were thrust into the firestorm of Gettysburg, the greatest battle ever fought in North America. |
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By the time the fighting ended, the 26th North Carolina had suffered what some authorities would calculate to be the highest casualties of any regiment in the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th.
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
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North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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| ISBN |
0060174455 alkaline paper |
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9780060174453 alkaline paper |
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