The Civil War Memoir of a Boy from Baltimore : The Remembrance of George C. Maguire, Written In 1893 / edited by Holly I. Powers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powers, Holly I., editor.

Series:

Voices of the Civil War series.

Voices of the Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children and war--United States--History--19th century.

Children and war.

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

United States.

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

Maryland.

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

Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.

Baltimore (Md.).

United States. Army. Maryland Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)--History.

Maguire, George C., 1847-1908.

Maguire, George C.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]

Summary:

Fourteen-year-old George Maguire was eager to serve the Union when his home state, Maryland, began raising regiments for the coming conflict. Too young to join, he became a "mascot" for the Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment, organized in September 1861. Although he never formally enlisted or carried a weapon, Maguire recounts several pivotal events in the war, including the sea battle of the Monitor vs. Merrimac, Peninsula Campaign action, and the Battle of Antietam. During middle age, Maguire recorded his memoir-one of the few from a Maryland unit-providing a distinctive blend of the adventures of a teenage boy with the mature reflection of a man. His account of the Peninsula Campaign captures the success of the mobilization of forces and confirms the existing historical record, as well as illuminating the social structure of camp life. Maguire's duties evolved over time, as he worked alongside army surgeons and assisted his brother-in-law (a "rabid abolitionist" and provost marshal of the regiment). This experience qualified him to work at the newly constructed Thomas Hicks United States General Hospital once he left the regiment in 1863; his memoir describes the staffing hierarchy and the operating procedures implemented by the Army Medical Corps at the end of the war, illuminated with the author's own sketches of the facility. From the Pratt Street riot in Baltimore to a chance encounter with Red Cross founder Clara Barton to a firsthand view of Hicks Hospital, this sweeping yet brief memoir provides a unique opportunity to examine the experiences of a child during the war and to explore the nuances of memory. Beyond simply retelling the events as they happened, Maguire's memoir is woven with a sense of remorse and resolve, loss and fear, and the pure wonderment of a teenage boy accompanying one of the largest assembled armies of its day.

Contents:

Intro

Illustrations

Foreword

David Price

Jake Wynn

Preface

AcknowledGments

Introduction

chapter 1

From Baltimore to the Peninsula Campaign with the Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment

chapter 2

Summer on the Virginia Peninsula

chapter 3

Into Battle at Antietam

chapter 4

Union Occupation of Harpers Ferry, 1862-1863

chapter 5

Return to Baltimore: Hicks United States General Hospital

Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781621903369

1621903362

9781621906483

1621906485

OCLC:

1224584814