George A. Hitchcock

"Death does seem to have all he can attend to"

The Civil War Diary of an Andersonville Survivor

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Produktbeschreibung

On August 7, 1862, George Alfred Hitchcock (born in Massachusetts in 1844) was mustered into Company A, 21st Massachusetts Infantry. From this date until January 1, 1865, he kept a meticulous daily diary. His first experience in battle was at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, and then an attack across Burnside's Bridge at Antietam. Then came the disastrous Union advance toward Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg; a journey by rail to Paris, Kentucky, via Pittsburgh, Columbus (drunken 21st Infantry soldiers in conflict with local security) and Cincinnati; the protection of the Mount Sterling, Kentucky, area from guerrillas; an expedition from Camp Nelson through the Cumberland Gap to eastern Tennessee; Burnside's Knoxville campaign; the arduous winter return march to Camp Nelson with Confederate prisoners; efforts to regain his health and a return to the 21st Regiment; and a compelling account of his capture at Cold Harbor and imprisonment at Andersonville and Millen, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina; and finally, his release.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780786478903
• ISBN-10: 078647890X
• Artikelnr.: 39123778

Autorenporträt

The late Ronald G. Watson was a retired New Jersey high school principal. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush selected Watson as the 704th Daily Point of Light in his "Thousand Points of Light" recognition of outstanding community service.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss Preface by Ronald G. Watson Introduction by Ronald G. Watson Introduction by George A. Hitchcock 1.
Apprenticeship to Uncle Sam 2.
The Maryland Campaign 3.
The Fredericksburg Campaign 4.
Winter at Falmouth 5.
Removal to Newport News 6.
Transfer to the Department of the Ohio 7.
Spring and Summer in Eastern Kentucky 8.
The East Tennessee Campaign 9.
Winter in the Mountains 10.
Hospital Life 11.
Grant's Campaign 12.
Captured at Cold Harbor 13.
Prisoner of War 14.
Andersonville, Georgia 15.
Camp Lawton-Millen, Georgia 16.
Florence, South Carolina 17.
Release 18.
Hitchcock's Commentary in 1890 on Union Prisoners of War 19.
Hitchcock After the War Bibliography Index