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Three Years in the "Bloody Eleventh" : The Campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment /

Hailing from the Keystone State's rugged western counties, the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves was one of the Civil War's most heavily engaged units. Of more than 2,100 regiments raised by the North, it suffered the eighth highest number of battle deaths, earning it the gruesome sobriquet &...

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Autor principal: Gibbs, Joseph, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Maps and Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 A County Divided
  • 2 Soldiers in Dead Earnest: Camp Wright to Camp Tennally
  • 3 No More Bull Run Affairs: Great Falls, Dranesville, and the March to the Rappahannock
  • 4 One of the Awfulest Battles the World Has Ever Witnessed: The Road to Gaines' Mill
  • 5 Another Way to Take Richmond: Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Glendale
  • 6 Shot Down Like Sheep: Second Bull Run
  • 7 Brave Comrades Falling: South Mountain and Antietam
  • 8 Butchered Like So Many Animals: Fredericksburg
  • 9 A Regiment Worth Its Weight in Gold: Gettysburg
  • 10 Duty in the Context of the Cartridge Box: Falling Waters, Bristoe Station, and Mine Run
  • 11 Winter 1863-1864
  • 12 An Awful Sight of Men Cut Up: The Wilderness to Bethesda Church
  • 13 A Remnant Returns: Muster-Out
  • 14 "He Will Sit with a Small Mirror, and Look at His Reflection": An Epilogue to the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover