Last to leave the field : the life and letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry /

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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 & rsquo;s service, which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hayward, Ambrose Henry, 1840-1864
Otros Autores: Orr, Timothy J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Voices of the Civil War series.
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.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
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:
  • "Independence still lives" : from North Bridgewater to Philadelphia, May 21, 1840-July 28, 1861
  • "We are not without our sport" : guarding the Potomac, July 28, 1861-February 24, 1862
  • "We all supposed the time for chewing cartridges had come" : the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, February 24-September 1, 1862
  • "Baltimore is a slumbering volcano" : Melville Hayward in Baltimore, May 25-September 5, 1862
  • "I have seen death in every shape" : the Maryland Campaign, September 1-December 29, 1862
  • "These are America's dark days" : winter quarters: December 29, 1862-April 27, 1863
  • "Last to leave the field" : the Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27-May 23, 1863
  • "I have done my duty in the last great contest" : the Pennsylvania Campaign, May 23-September 24, 1863
  • "If a battle, let it begin with the riseing of the sun" : the Chattanooga Campaign, September 24, 1863-January 10, 1864
  • "The white starr shines in Philadelphia" : veteran furlough, January 10-May 3, 1864
  • "Carrieing the war into Africa" : the Atlanta Campaign, May 3-June 19, 1864
  • Epilogue : "at his country's call."

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