| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index. |
| Contents |
Queen of battle : the infantry -- Pvt. James K. Newton, Co. F, 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry -- Pvt. James R. Barrow, Co. B, Cobb's Legion Infantry -- Thunder on the battlefield : the artillery -- Capt. Francis DeGress, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H -- Capt. Thomas J. Key, Arkansas Battery, Hotchkiss's Battalion -- Chivalry and sabers : the cavalry -- Sgt. James Larson, Co. H, 4th U.S. Cavalry -- Pvt. Benjamin Wortham, Co. H, 12th Georgia Cavalry Regiment -- Wood and iron : the navies -- Seaman William Burke, USS Cairo -- Seaman James A. Wicks, CSS H.L. Hunley -- Sutures and saws : battlefield medical care -- Dr. Thomas Smith Waring, surgeon, 17th South Carolina Volunteers -- Hell on earth : prisoners of war -- Pvt. William J. Crouse, Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves -- Weekend warriors : the militia -- Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, "Blue Ridge Rangers", 1st Regiment, Georgia State Line -- Pirates and privateers : blockade runners -- Tom Taylor (civilian) -- The everlasting fire : American indians -- Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers (1st Creek Cavalry Regiment, CSA) -- "I goes to fight mit Sigel" : immigrant soldiers -- Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment -- We are men, aren't we? : Black soldiers -- Pvt. Scott Green, 1st United States Colored Troops (USCT). |
| Summary |
What was it like to be a soldier in combat during the Civil War? What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, and un-uniformed militiaman in a state "army" trying to, literally, defend your own home? What was it like to be stuffed into a dank, dark, sweltering, three-foot-diameter iron tube, turning a crank to escape an enemy howling after you, all while thirty feet below the surface of Charleston Harbor? What was it like to be a Creek infantryman, slowly riding in to a Union post in the wilds of frontier Oklahoma, carrying the threadbare rags of what had once been your proud battle flag, knowing you were among the very last of the Confederates to surrender? What was it like to be a Prussian-born corporal, barely able to speak English, caught in the midst of a vicious street battle in Fredericksburg? This new book tells the untold stories of the men on the front lines of battle during the Civil War. |
| Subject |
United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
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Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Military life.
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Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Soldiers -- Confederate States of America.
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Armed Forces. (OCoLC)fst00814586
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Armed Forces -- Military life.
(OCoLC)fst01351813
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Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Confederate States of America.
(OCoLC)fst01205435
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0762723726 |
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9780762723720 |
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