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A light and uncertain hold : a history of the sixty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry / David T. Thackery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thackery, David T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 66th (1861-1865).
- United States.
- United States--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Ohio.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Curiosity piqued by two poems written by his great-great-grandmother initiated David Thackery's scholarly exploration into the history of the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the wartime history of Champaign County, Ohio, from which it was recruited. Not only a military history, A Light and Uncertain Hold is also a penetrating and provocative social history which deals with the homefront, morale, reenlistment, and the memory and commemoration of the war. The words and stories of individual soldiers give depth and substance to the regiment's experience.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1. Udney Hyde and Addison White
- 2. A Splendid Banner
- 3. Let Us Do No Man Injustice
- 4. Leave the Corn upon the Stalk, John
- 5. So We Are Sure to Go
- 6. Distance Lends Enchantment
- 7. Port Republic: And They Say the Battle Raged
- 8. Prisoners of War: I Have Just Been to See a Man Die
- 9. Regrouping
- 10. Cedar Mountain: Thy Work and Thy Warfare Done
- 11. A Look of Horror and of Desolation
- 12. Antietam: Just Covered with Dirt and That Is All
- 13. Stand Off Mr. Secesh
- 14. I Am Getting Very Tired of Soldiering
- 15. Chancellorsville: I Stood Up to the Rack and Cut the Hay
- 16. Gettysburg: The Enemy Will Simply Swallow You
- 17. We All Are Anxious to Leave This Place
- 18. Why, Ain't I Distributing Them?
- 19. A Flag on the Mountain
- 20. Reenlistment and Furlough: Representatives of All That Is Best
- 21. Preparation for Atlanta
- 22. Oh!
- 23. General Sherman Has Taken Atlanta
- 24. To the Sea and Victory
- 25. Honor and Position
- Appendix: The Official Roster
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61277-187-4
- 0-585-26905-X
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