Hayes of the Twenty-Third : the Civil War volunteer officer / by T. Harry Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, T. Harry (Thomas Harry), 1909-1979.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893.

Hayes, Rutherford B.

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865).

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

History.

Regimental histories.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Physical Description:

xii, 324, vi pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Hayes of the 23rd.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1994]

Summary:

Rutherford B. Hayes became president of the United States after the disputed election of 1876. But for Hayes the 'golden years' were not the four he spent in the White House but the four he served as a unit commander in the Civil War. 'It was as though he had encountered in the war a largeness of the human spirit, courage, generosity, sacrifice, that disappeared in the peace.... No matter how high he went, he would always be Colonel Hays of the Twenty-third, ' writes T. Harry Williams. As a civilian soldier Hayes led the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Regiment from 1861 to 1865. This is the exciting story of his part in the western Virginia campaign, chasing the Confederate John Morgan up and down the Ohio, and fighting under Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley.

Notes:

Cover title: Hayes of the 23rd.

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0803297610

OCLC:

29565703