Covered with glory : the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg / Rod Gragg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gragg, Rod.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

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

Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail. Praised for its ""exhaustive scholarship"" and its ""highly readabl

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "I WAS ONCE A SOLDIER"; 1 GOOD, HONEST AMERICAN STOCK; 2 INTO THE JAWS OF CERTAIN DEATH; 3 WE ARE ON OUR WAY; 4 "MAY THE GOOD LORD TAKE CARE OF THE PORE SOLDIERS"; 5 "SUMMER IS ENDED"; 6 "LIKE WHEAT BEFORE THE SICKLE"; 7 COVERED WITH GLORY; 8 "THE SICKENING HORRORS OF WAR"; 9 "ALL WERE WILLING TO DIE"; 10 "TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS"; 11 "UNCONQUERED IN SPIRIT"; EPILOGUE: "STEADFAST TO THE LAST"; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: HarperCollins, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-451-3

979-88-908861-1-8

1-4696-0431-0

0-8078-9838-4

OCLC:

609863440