America's corporal : James Tanner in war and peace /

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James Tanner may be the most famous person in nineteenth-century America that no one has heard of. During his service in the Union army, he lost the lower third of both his legs and afterward had to reinvent himself. After a brush with fame as the stenographer taking down testimony a few feet away f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marten, James Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Series:Uncivil wars.
Subjects:
Tanner, James, > 1844-1927.
Tanner, James, > 1844-1927
United States. > Army. > New York Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1862)
1861-1865
Soldiers > New York (State) > Schoharie County > Biography.
Disabled veterans > United States > Biography.
Amputees > United States > Biography.
Veterans > United States > Biography.
Invalides de guerre > États-Unis > Biographies.
Personnes amputées > États-Unis > Biographies.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Amputees
Disabled veterans
Soldiers
Veterans
New York (State) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Cobleskill (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (État) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies.
New York (State)
New York (State) > Cobleskill
New York (State) > Schoharie County
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: no regrets
  • The war hit me and hit me hard: Jimmie Tanner's Civil War
  • Living with disability: Jim Tanner reinvents himself
  • Brooklyn days: becoming Corporal Tanner
  • God help the surplus: Corporal Tanner and Civil War pensions
  • The most celebrated GAR man in the world: legacies
  • Epilogue and conclusion: the footless ghost.

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