Last to Leave the Field : the Life and Letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Revealing the mind-set of a soldier seared by the horrors of combat even as he kept faith in his cause, Last to Leave the Field showcases the private letters of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a Massachusetts native who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Hayward's service, which began w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orr, Timothy J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.
Temas:
Hayward, Ambrose Henry, > 1840-1864 > Correspondence.
Hayward family > Correspondence.
Hayward, Ambrose Henry, > 1840-1864
Hayward family
United States. > Army. > Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1865)
1861-1865
Soldiers > Massachusetts > Brockton > Correspondence.
Soldiers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Correspondence.
Regimental histories
Soldiers
Pennsylvania > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Brockton (Mass.) > Biography.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
Massachusetts > Brockton
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Editorial Method; Chapter 1: "Independence Still Lives"; Chapter 2: "We Are Not Without Our Sport"; Chapter 3: "We All Supposed the Time for Chewing Cartridges Had Come"; Chapter 4: "Baltimore Is a Slumbering Volcano"; Chapter 5: "I Have Seen Death in Every Shape"; Chapter 6: "These Are America's Dark Days"; Chapter 7: "Last to Leave the Field"; Chapter 8: "I Have Done My Duty in the Last Great Contest"; Chapter 9: "If a Battle, Let it Begin with the Riseing of the Sun"; Chapter 10: "The White Starr Shines in Philadelphia."

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