Alonzo's War : Letters from a Young Civil War Soldier.

Alonzo's War : Letters from a Young Civil War Soldier.

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The book details the everyday life of a private and gives an up-close account of what the details of a battle mean to a man participating in it as opposed to learning about generals' battle plans and the movement of troops. These details bring a personal understanding to a student of the war.

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Author / Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Mary Searing.
Other Authors / Creators:O'Shaughnessy, Mary Searing.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Cranbury : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Searing, Alonzo Bryant.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: Arrival at Camp: August 1862
  • Chapter 2: Trip to Washington, D. C.: August 1862
  • Chapter 3: Near the Battle of Bull Run: September 1862-November 1862
  • Chapter 4: March to Fredericksburg: November 1862
  • Chapter 5: Arrival at Fredericksburg: November 1862-December 1862
  • Chapter 6: Battle of Fredericksburg: December 1862
  • Chapter 7: Winter Quarters: January 1863-April 1863
  • Chapter 8: Battle of Chancellorsville: May 1863
  • Chapter 9: Establishing a Hospital: May 1863-June 1863
  • Chapter 10: Closing Hospital: June 1863
  • Chapter 11: Finding and Rejoining Their Regiments: June 1863
  • Chapter 12: Battle of Gettysburg: July 1863
  • Chapter 13: Following Lee: July 1863
  • Chapter 14: Battle of Wapping Heights: July 1863
  • Chapter 15: Picket Duty on Rappahannock: August 1863-September 1863
  • Chapter 16: Culpepper, Virginia: September 1863-October 1863
  • Chapter 17: Movements of the Second Division: October 1863-November 1863
  • Chapter 18: Brandy Station: November 1863
  • Chapter 19: Battles of Locust Grove and Mine Run: December 1863
  • Chapter 20: Winter Quarters: December 1863-April 1864
  • Chapter 21: Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House: May 1864
  • Chapter 22: Received Sick Furlough: May 1864
  • Chapter 23: Reported Back to Mansion House Hospital: July 1864-October 1864
  • Chapter 24: Transfer to Fort Reno: October 1864-November 1864
  • Chapter 25: Return from Furlough Home "to Vote"-Battle of Fort Morton: November 1864-December 1864
  • Chapter 26: Return to Active Duty at the Front: December 1864-February 1865
  • Chapter 27: Battle at Hatcher's Run: February 1865-March 1865
  • Chapter 28: Battle for Petersburg: April 1865
  • Chapter 29: Camp near Burkesville: April 1865
  • Chapter 30: March from Burkesville to near Alexandria: May 1865.
  • Chapter 31: Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac: May 1865
  • Chapter 32: Farewells: June 1865
  • Chapter 33: Going Home: June 1865
  • Chapter 34: Last Column for The Morris Journal: April 1893
  • About the Author.

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