David A. Ward

The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers infantry regiment was formed in 1861--its ranks filled by nearly 1,200 Irish and German immigrants from Schuylkill County responding to Lincoln's call for troops. The men saw action for three years with the Army of the Potomac's VI Corps, participating in engagements at Gaines' Mill, Crampton's Gap, Salem Church and Spotsylvania. Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and other accounts, this comprehensive history documents their combat service from the point of view of the rank-and-file soldier, along with their views on the war, slavery, emancipation and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9781476668512
• ISBN-10: 1476668515
• Artikelnr.: 48212633

Autorenporträt

David A. Ward has served as the assistant library director at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut for the past thirty years. He founded the Connecticut Civil War Round Table and later owned and operated the popular battlefield excursion company Civil War Tours. He also served as a historical consultant to Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis in the making of the feature film Lincoln.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss
Introduction
I. "Attention: young, sober, active men"
II. "We always respond with three cheers"
III. "My God! The ninety-sixth has never been under fire!"
IV. "The enemy ... fought like devils"
V. "Now, Pennsylvanians, do your duty"
VI. "Colonel, your coal-heavers did well!"
VII. "Our soldiers are very much discouraged"
VIII. "Try and gobble some of them"
IX. "The Sixth Corps has come!"
X. "O how I do wish that them Irish drunkerts would get drafted"
XI. "The skirmishers were sent out ahead"
XII. "Forward, double quick! Charge!"
XIII. "O God, what a sight"
XIV. "There was hope in the air"
Appendix: Roster and Muster Roll Sources
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index