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A damned Iowa greyhound : the Civil War letters of William Henry Harrison Clayton / edited by Donald C. Elder III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clayton, William Henry Harrison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Iowa--Van Buren County--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Iowa--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Iowa.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Van Buren County (Iowa)--Biography.
- Van Buren County (Iowa).
- West (U.S.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- West (U.S.).
- United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865).
- Clayton, William Henry Harrison--Correspondence.
- Clayton, William Henry Harrison.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp.Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against M
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. "We Were Mustered into the Service Yesterday"; 2. "We Are in the 'Army of the Frontier'"; 3. "It Was a Perfect Slaughter Pen"; 4. "Vicksburg Is Ours"; 5. "We Held Them at Bay for Two Hours"; 6. "If the North Would Remain United"; 7. "We Will Be Apt to Wake Things Up in Alabama"; 8. "I Long to Get upon Old Chequest Again"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781587290589
- 1587290588
- OCLC:
- 44960974
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