As If It Were Glory - Robert Beecham s Civil War From Iron Brigade to Black Regiments

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Michael E. Stevens Klappentext Unlike most Civil War memoirs, As If It Were Glory does not romanticize the war--it recognizes the valor of the troops, but also the suffering and brutality of war. At the time of these writings, the war had already ended, and Robert Beecham reflects on what he did and the outcome of the war with an honest and intelligent eye. Beecham was also leader of a newly raised African-American unit, which he calls the best and bravest soldiers that ever lived. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: "As if it were glory and not years of bitter war": Bull Run and a Winter of Idleness: May 1861-April 1862Chapter 2: "I was pretty sick": Surviving the Military Hospitals: April 1862-December 1862Chapter 3: "A campaign of adventure": From the Mud March to Chancellorsville: January 1863-June 1863Chapter 4: "We were all boys then": The First Day at Gettysburg: July 1, 1863Chapter 5: "The living prepared for the morrow": The Second Day at Gettysburg: July 2, 1863Chapter 6: "Into the fiercest hell of battle": The Third Day at Gettysburg: July 3, 1863Chapter 7: "The scenes I witnessed there": Life in a Southern Prison Camp: July-August 1863Chapter 8: "My first promotion": Becoming an Officer with the U.S. Colored Troops: August-December 1863Chapter 9: "Soldiers till the last man falls": With the Twenty-third U.S. Colored Troops: January-June 1864Chapter 10: "We'll show the world today that colored troops are soldiers": The Battle of the Crater: June-July 1864Chapter 11: "We were a sorry-looking set": Prisoner of War Again: July 1864-March 1865Chapter 12: "The paths and the vocations of peace": March-June 1865

Product details

• Authors: Michael E. Stevens, Michael Stevenson
• Assisted by: Michael E Stevens (Editor), Michael E. Stevens (Editor), Stevens Michael E. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2007
• EAN: 9780742559448
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5944-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History of the Americas