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The Civil War journal of Private Heyward Emmell, ambulance and infantry corps : a very disagreeable war / edited by Jim Malcolm.
Van Pelt Library E521.5 7th .E46 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emmell, Heyward (Heyward G.), 1841-1917.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emmell, Heyward (Heyward G.), 1841-1917--Diaries.
- Emmell, Heyward.
- Emmell, Heyward (Heyward G.), 1841-1917.
- United States. Army. New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865).
- United States.
- United States. Army of the Potomac. Ambulance Corps.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- New Jersey--Morristown.
- New Jersey.
- New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Soldiers--New Jersey--Morristown--Diaries.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2011]
- Summary:
- The Civil War Journal of Private Heyward Emmel is a primary source documenting one man's experiences on the front line of the American Civil War. For three years, first as an infantryman in the 7th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, and later as a stretcher bearer in the Ambulance Corps, Emmell reports on virtually all the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac between October 1861 and October 1864. Devoid of political editorializing, usual and unusual aspects of battles, marching and maneuvers, and camp life are described. This is the only published account of the experiences of a member of the Ambulance Corps.
- Contents:
- Marching as to war
- Winter quarters 1861-1862
- The Peninsula Campaign
- Hospitalized
- Second Bull Run
- In camp around Washington
- On the march to Fredericksburg
- A march in the mud, winter camp, and a wedding
- Chancellorsville
- The calm between the storms
- Gettysburg and beyond
- Ambulance Corps
- A tall tale
- Along the Rappahannock
- Furlough
- Winter camp 1863-1864
- Battles: the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and North Anna
- Cold Harbor to Petersburg
- Homeward bound.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1611470404
- 9781611470406
- OCLC:
- 709890483
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