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Bull Run To Atlanta The Civil War Letters Of Harry Comer Company A 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
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Book Synopsis Bull Run to Atlanta: The Civil War Letters of Harry Comer, Company A, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry by : Daniel Masters
Download or read book Bull Run to Atlanta: The Civil War Letters of Harry Comer, Company A, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry written by Daniel Masters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters contained in this volume from the pen of Private Harry Comer of Co. A, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry provide a fascinating glimpse into the life of a regular soldier in the Army of the Cumberland. The letters begin shortly after his enlistment in the spring of 1861 and follow the 1st Ohio throughout its three years' Civil War service in the Eastern and Western theaters.
Book Synopsis Army Life According to Arbaw by : Daniel Masters
Download or read book Army Life According to Arbaw written by Daniel Masters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Army Life According to Arbaw" is a book length Civil War soldier's narrative that presents a well written and insightful view of army life as viewed by William A. Brand of the 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Brand, whose missives were published under the nom-de-plume "D.N. Arbaw" by the Urbana Citizen & Gazette, wrote frequent letters that provide a detailed view of his regiment's experiences with both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Cumberland. Eighty-two of his wartime letters are included in this book. Early in the war he was detailed to the quartermaster's department of the regiment to assist his father who was the regimental quartermaster. As such, Brand's military family was the leadership of the regiment, and he described the campaigns and battles in which his regiment participated from this perspective; yet his depictions of combat and life in camp are striking for their power and immediacy.
Book Synopsis "Burning Rails as We Pleased" by : William Garrigues Bentley
Download or read book "Burning Rails as We Pleased" written by William Garrigues Bentley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Garrigues Bentley chose to leave the safety of home and family at age 19 fight for the Union. He enlisted in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, in 1862 and served for three long years before being honorably discharged. His firsthand account details his day-to-day life as a soldier, the long marches around Kentucky, skirmishes with the Rebs, joining with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign and then chasing Hood into Tennessee and fighting in the bloody battle at Franklin, and on to rejoin Sherman in the winter of 1865 for the final months of the Carolina campaign. This book--compiled from a collection of 142 of Bentley's newly discovered letters and other documents--not only is an important historical record but also offers an insight into the political thoughts and feelings of the time. The book includes a complete roster of the 104th Ohio.
Book Synopsis As Near Hell as I Ever Expect to Be... by : Paul Tremewan
Download or read book As Near Hell as I Ever Expect to Be... written by Paul Tremewan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As near Hell as I ever expect to be is the biography of a Civil War soldier from Ohio. In September 1861 twenty-seven-year-old John Vanetton Patterson left his young wife and two babies on their farm near Pemberville. Patterson and thousands of other Ohioans answered Lincoln's call to save the Union. In November Victoria Patterson received a letter, she opened it, and read the inside address, "As near Hell as I ever expect to be". Over the next four years this soldier husband was sick, wounded, captured, and imprisoned. He escaped... Based on letters to his wife, this is his story of trial and yearning.
Book Synopsis Morning to Midnight in the Saddle by : Otho James McManus
Download or read book Morning to Midnight in the Saddle written by Otho James McManus and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven days before Lee s surrender, Lieutenant Otho McManus was killed leading a battle charge in Alabama. During the previous thirty months, the young Midwestern schoolteacher wrote more than a hundred letters. His polished writing reflects his hopes, ambitions, fears, war experience and domestic concerns. The letters describe his capture while rescuing a wounded cousin, a deadly case of friendly fire, opinions of officers and war prospects, and strong feelings about anti-war dissent. McManus served in the 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry. This regiment was an integral component of the elite Wilder s Lightning Brigade. Wilder s Brigade played pivotal roles in battles and campaigns in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. McManus letters include extended accounts of the battles of Chickamauga, Hoover s Gap and Perryville and the Atlanta Campaign, among other campaigns, battles and skirmishes. The editors have supplemented the letters with a detailed chronology of the regiment s movements, with an account of explosive political developments in McManus home country, and with post-war sketches of people mentioned in the letters. The editors have also included statistical analyses of the regiment s demographics, mortality and desertion rates. The commentary is based on hundreds of commanders reports from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, from dozens of pension and compiles service records, from more than a dozen court-martial transcripts, and from other soldiers diaries and letters.
Book Synopsis The Civil War Letters of the Late Lst Lieut. James J. Hartley, 122nd Ohio Infantry Regiment by : James Jasper Hartley
Download or read book The Civil War Letters of the Late Lst Lieut. James J. Hartley, 122nd Ohio Infantry Regiment written by James Jasper Hartley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hartley was 36 when he enlisted in 1862, and wrote 89 letters to his wife over the two years before he died in the battle of Cold Harbor. They reveal not only his concerns related to his situation, such as worn-out boots and enemy sharpshooters, but also those related to the farm he had left in her care. His great-grandson, Garber Davidson, edited, annotated, and illustrated them; augmented them from other sources; and commented on them before he died in 1998. Facsimiles of several are appended. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Book Synopsis The Early Morning of War by : Edward G. Longacre
Download or read book The Early Morning of War written by Edward G. Longacre and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive treatment in Edward Longacre’s The Early Morning of War. A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Run—its drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications.
Book Synopsis Battle at Bull Run by : William Davis
Download or read book Battle at Bull Run written by William Davis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First major authoritative study of the Battle of the Bull Run based upon letters and diaries of participants.
Book Synopsis Letters of a Civil War Soldier by : Ellen C. Collier
Download or read book Letters of a Civil War Soldier written by Ellen C. Collier and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-08-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book blends two first-hand accounts of life in the Union Army during the opening years of the Civil War. Chandler B. Gillam wrote his wife faithfully during the two years that he was in the 28th New York Volunteers. His letters described the regiments food and housing and discussed generals and politics. He yearned for his home and worried about his farm. W. L. Hicks kept a diary which he entitled , History of the 28th New York Volunteers. His manuscript was found amid the hundred letters in the Gillam collection. Hicks recorded the regiments organization, activities, and leadership changes, and told stories about military life. Gillam and Hicks were among the first to enlist when President Lincoln called for volunteers after South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861. They and almost 800 other men from Western New York were formed into the 28th New York Volunteers. Like most volunteers, they were eager to fight to suppress the rebellion and save the Union. They did not think the war would last long. After a month in training, the regiment moved to Washington, D.C., where it paraded before President Lincoln on July 4th. It then marched to Martinsburg and areas near Harpers Ferry. Placed in a division under General Robert Patterson, the men expected to march forward to Winchester and prevent the Confederacy from reinforcing southern forces in Manassas. Instead, Patterson marched his division back to Charlestown. When the Union lost the first battle of Bull Run, morale sank, and Gillam wrote on August 6, 1861, that if all the Gens. do as Patterson did, the war will last a good while. The waiting for action continued through the fall, although grumbling decreased after Maj. General Nathaniel Banks replaced Patterson in command. On October 21 the regiment marched to Edwards Ferry where they saw the sad results of the Union loss at Balls Bluff. Gillam wrote on October 23, Our men will not show much mercy when they go into battle which will come off this week. His hopes for action were again disappointed. By the beginning of 1862 it was clear that Stonewall Jackson would be the main challenge of the 28th New York. In April 1862 Company I of the 28th participated when Jackson attacked General James Shields in a battle for Winchester. Gillam wrote the rest of the 28th was not involved in that battle but they took part in the chase. After Shields Division withdrew, Banks men were the only Union forces left in the Shenandoah Valley, while Jacksons forces were reinforced. On May 25, the Confederate forces attacked the right wing of Banks Division. Although the left flank where the 28th was fighting was holding its own, its leader, Colonel Dudley Donnelly, received orders to retire. The 28th was the last regiment to leave the field. Gillam and Hicks wrote of Winchester citizens adding to the Confederate shelling by firing from their windows. Winchester continued to change hands and by June 7 the 28th New York was back in Winchester. Gillam wrote of the May 25 fight, Well, I have had a chance to be in one fight. I tell you the shells and solid shot dont sound very nice whistling over a persons head and the bullets flying round his head; it is not very nice music. The regiments second battle in Virginia was at Cedar Mountain. In July 1862 General Banks forces moved toward Warrenton, and Confederate forces under Jackson sought to cut them off. The First Brigade moved toward Cedar Mountain and Banks sent orders to hold the position. When the rest of the corps arrived on August 9, the First Brigade was ordered into the woods facing a cleared wheat field. Across the field was another woods where the Confederates had artillery. The First Brigade advanced through artillery fire and hand to hand combat and captured two cannon. Confeder
Book Synopsis The Battle of First Bull Run by : Larry Hama
Download or read book The Battle of First Bull Run written by Larry Hama and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three months after the shelling of Fort Sumter, Union and Confederate forces met for the first time in earnest combat. However, neither side was prepared at this early stage of the war, and confusion reigned on the battlefield. Finally, Confederate reinforcements forced the Union army into a panicked retreat. The intensityand ill preparednessof both armies convinced the nation that the conflict between the states would be a long, bloody ordeal.
Book Synopsis From The Cannon’s Mouth: The Civil War Letters Of General Alpheus S. Williams by : General Alpheus S. Williams
Download or read book From The Cannon’s Mouth: The Civil War Letters Of General Alpheus S. Williams written by General Alpheus S. Williams and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candidate for the title of “unsung hero” among the Union generals of the Civil War, Alpheus Williams, “Old Pap” to his men, wrote as frequently as he could to his family in Detroit of his successes, achievements and battles during that terrible period of strife. In this engaging collection of his correspondence he recounts the part he played in the battles both East and West at Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta and the Savannah campaign. A kind hearted man, he was deeply affected by the hardships suffered by the common soldiers under his command who he treated with great care and often sorrow at the awful casualties they suffered. Warmly recommended. “Superb war letters. . . . Old ‘Pap’ Williams possessed an unconscious literary flair that gives simple style and force to his letters. . . . Milo Quaife has added annotation that will enlighten the casual reader and satisfy the scholar.”—New York Times Book Review “Civil War scholars are always grateful for a volume of letters written by a high-ranking officer who held important commands in pivotal engagements. . . . A superior collection. . . . Especially useful to students of the war are his keen, detailed accounts of Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.”—American Historical Review
Book Synopsis A Civil War Courtship by : Edwin Weller
Download or read book A Civil War Courtship written by Edwin Weller and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one half of a correspondence between a young man named Edwin Weller of the 107th New York Infantry to a young lady in his home town, Antoinette "Nettie" Watkins. Miss Watkins' letters to Mr. Weller did not survive because soldiers in the field had no way to save them, and it was dangerous to keep them. If captured, the information in personal letters could be used against the soldier who had received them. These letters are the record of one Union solder's experience during the Civil War, and in their honesty and feeling capture an event that affected America for generations.
Book Synopsis Keep All My Letters by : Richard Henry Brooks
Download or read book Keep All My Letters written by Richard Henry Brooks and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1862, Richard Henry Brooks of Blakely, Georgia, enlisted in the Confederate Army for the duration of the war, serving in Longstreet's Corps. He would see his wife and family only once in the next three years. He would suffer hardship and deprivation, become hospitalized, participate in one of the grandest Confederate victories of the war, and be captured and held prisoner for almost a year. He wrote his wife Telitha regularly. He told her repeatedly to save all his letters, which she did, and they are published in this book. These letters give considerable insight into Confederate homelife in southwest Georgia during the war. Brooks gives Telitha advice on the daily details of running the household. He tells her who to go to for help, how to obtain enough corn and pork for the winter, how to handle their slaves, and what supplies to send him in the field. He advises her on the children and directs the children to behave. These glimpses into the homelife of Confederate Georgia grant us a clearer understanding of how people far from the battlefields were still affected by the war.
Book Synopsis At the Battle of Bull Run by : Eric Mark Braun
Download or read book At the Battle of Bull Run written by Eric Mark Braun and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores various perspectives surrounding the first Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative.
Book Synopsis From Bull Run To Appomattox: A Boy's View by : Luther W. Hopkins
Download or read book From Bull Run To Appomattox: A Boy's View written by Luther W. Hopkins and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-14 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In "From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy's View" by Luther W. Hopkins, embark on a poignant journey through the American Civil War as seen through the eyes of a young boy. This captivating memoir provides a unique perspective on the war, chronicling the author's experiences, observations, and reflections during this tumultuous period in American history. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, the story unfolds with a blend of historical accuracy and personal anecdotes. Through the eyes of the young narrator, readers witness the realities of war, the heroism of soldiers, and the impact of the conflict on communities and families. The boy's perspective brings a sense of innocence, curiosity, and growth to the narrative, shedding light on the human side of the war. Luther W. Hopkins' storytelling captures the emotions, challenges, and triumphs of a nation at war, providing a compelling account of the historical events that shaped America. Through the boy's viewpoint, readers gain a deeper understanding of the sacrifices made, the bonds formed, and the resilience demonstrated during this defining period in American history. Join the young narrator as he navigates the challenges and transformations of the Civil War, offering a unique perspective on the events that unfolded from Bull Run to Appomattox."
Book Synopsis Civil War Letters by : Bob Blaisdell
Download or read book Civil War Letters written by Bob Blaisdell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wartime letters include correspondence of Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic illustrations accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Whitman, Davis, and many of their contemporaries.
Book Synopsis Origins of rebellion to the Battle of Bull's Run by : Benson John Lossing
Download or read book Origins of rebellion to the Battle of Bull's Run written by Benson John Lossing and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
