The Civil War sacrifice of Somerset County, Pennsylvania / Gerald H. Ankeny ; foreword by Keven M. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ankeny, Gerald H., author.

Contributor:

Walker, Keven M., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Somerset County--Registers.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Pennsylvania--Somerset County--History--19th century.

Somerset County (Pa.)--History--19th century.

Somerset County (Pa.).

Somerset County (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.

Somerset County (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Somerset County (Pa.)--Genealogy.

Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Genealogy.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 313 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2025].

Summary:

"Somerset County, in southwestern Pennsylvania, lost more than 400 of its men in the American Civil War.This book tells the county's wartime story through the experiences of its fallen soldiers and their comrades who served with them, those people who supported them in life and mourned them in death."--Back cover.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Keven M. Walker

Preface

Introduction: August 21, 2020

April 12, 1861: "The Rubicon has been Passed"

May to August 1861: "Somerset infantry"

September to December 1861: "A splendid looking set of men"

February 15, 1862: "The sleep that knows no waking"

March to July 1862: "The romance of war was knocked out of me"

July to December 1862: "To the Volunteers or Those Who May Be Drafted"

December 13, 1862: "The boys are nearly all killed off"

January to June 1863: "A neat and appropriate head board"

July 1 to 3, 1863: "Heart rending to think of it"

October to December 1863: "We started to Old Virginia"

January to May 1864: "Dark hour of trouble"

May 15, 1864: "Never in the field"

Mid-May to June 1864: "Our old Flag ... is all in ribbons"

July to December 1864: "Your Son is Dead"

January to June 1865 (and Beyond): "The wound became worse"

September 17, 1888: "The final roll call"

Conclusion: May 23, 2021

Appendix 1: monument roster

Appendix 2. Fatality charts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781476699066

1476699062

OCLC:

1516170121

Publisher Number:

90103215056