Heroes for all time : Connecticut Civil War soldiers tell their stories / Dione Longley and Buck Zaidel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longley, Dione, author.

Series:

Garnet books.

Garnet books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Connecticut--History--19th century.

Soldiers.

Connecticut--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Connecticut.

Connecticut--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

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

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Compelling first-hand accounts of the war, lavishly illustrated with rare period photos

Contents:

Men of Connecticut! War begins, spring 1861

No one dreamed of anything but victory: Bull Run, summer 1861

The voice of duty: a long war ahead, autumn 1861 to summer 1862

War by citizen soldiers: the makings of an army

I never knew what war meant till today: Antietam, september 1862

Emancipation is a mighty word: freedom arrives

No men on earth can be braver: Fredericksburg, December 1862

Who wouldn't be a soldier? Life in camp

All this heroism, and all this appalling carnage: fighting in Virginia and Louisiana, spring and summer 1863

That place long to be remembered: Gettysburg, summer 1863

There will be no turning back: months of stubborn fighting, July 1863 to June 1864

Hope never dying: from the Siege of Petersburg to the sea, June to December 1864

Our army perfectly crazy: on to Appomattox, 1865

Soldiers of the union mustered out: the aftermath.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780819571175

0819571172

OCLC:

899157324