Double Duty in the Civil War : the Letters of Sailor and Soldier Edward W. Bacon.

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In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New Haven, Connecticut, to fight for the United States. Over the next four years Bacon served in both the Union navy and army, which gave him a sweeping vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burkhardt, George S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Bacon, Edward W. > (Edward Woolsey), > 1843-1887 > Correspondence.
Bacon, Edward W. > (Edward Woolsey), > 1843-1887
United States. > Army. > Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 29th (1864-1865)
1861-1865
Sailors > United States > Correspondence.
Soldiers > United States > Correspondence.
Marins > États-Unis > Correspondance.
Military operations, Naval
Sailors
Soldiers
Connecticut > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Connecticut > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Opérations navales.
Connecticut
United States
History
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
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Sumario:In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New Haven, Connecticut, to fight for the United States. Over the next four years Bacon served in both the Union navy and army, which gave him a sweeping view of the Civil War. His postings included being a captain's clerk on the USS Iroquois, a hospital clerk in his hometown, a captain in the 29th Connecticut Infantry (Colored), and a major in the 117th U.S. Colored Infantry, and he described these experiences in vibrant letters to his.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:9780809386499
0809386496

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