Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine - The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign

Zusatztext "An excellent book--moving and powerful, with a strong narrative line and interesting analysis based on exhaustive research."- James McPherson Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. Desjardin was born and raised in Maine and did his doctoral work in American History at the University of Maine. He has worked as an interpreter, giving programs on the Gettysburg battlefield for the National Park Service. The author of These Honored Dead: How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory and Through A Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775, he is working on a TV documentary on Joshua Chamberlain. Klappentext A reissued edition of the paperback published by OUP January, featuring a new and a few updated maps and illustrations. Zusammenfassung A reissued edition of the paperback published by OUP January, featuring a new and a few updated maps and illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword by John Pullen Introduction 1: North From the Rappahannock 2: The Death-Strewn Slope 3: The Bigger Hill 4: Seared by the Horrors of War 5: In Great Deeds Something Abides 6: American Legend, American Shrine Twentieth Maine Roster of Participants Appendix 1: Number of Combatants Appendix 2: Recollections of the Participants Appendix 3: 20th Maine Casualties Appendix 4: 15th Alabama Casualties Appendix 5: 47th Alabama Casualties Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Thomas A Desjardin, Thomas A. Desjardin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2009
• EAN: 9780195382310
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538231-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Maine, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Battles and campaigns, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)