From home guards to heroes : the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community / Dennis W. Brandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandt, Dennis W., 1946-

Series:

Shades of blue and gray series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865).

United States.

United States. Army.

History.

Social aspects.

Soldiers.

Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Pennsylvania.

Regimental histories.

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

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--York County--History--19th century.

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Adams County--History--19th century.

United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.

Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

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

Pennsylvania--Adams County.

Pennsylvania--York County.

Physical Description:

xx, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]

Contents:

Seeds

Initial test : April-July 1861

Genesis

The rank and file

Commanders and their companies

Discipline problems

Desertion

Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith

South-central Pennsylvania and race

Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg

Monocacy

Final days of war

Postwar politics and reunions

Epilogue: Two tales of closure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

ISBN:

0826216803

OCLC:

71004141

Publisher Number:

9780826216809