What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, militiaman trying to defend your own home? What was it like to be stuffed into a makeshift submarine-an iron tube no more than 3 feet in diameter and propelled by a hand crank-and sent more than 30 feet below Charleston Harbor to attack the enemy? What was it like to be a Creek infantryman, riding into a Union post in frontier Oklahoma, carrying the rags of what had been your proud battle flag, knowing you were among the last of the Confederates to surrender?What was it really like to be a soldier during the Civil War? Brave Men in…mehr
What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, militiaman trying to defend your own home? What was it like to be stuffed into a makeshift submarine-an iron tube no more than 3 feet in diameter and propelled by a hand crank-and sent more than 30 feet below Charleston Harbor to attack the enemy? What was it like to be a Creek infantryman, riding into a Union post in frontier Oklahoma, carrying the rags of what had been your proud battle flag, knowing you were among the last of the Confederates to surrender?What was it really like to be a soldier during the Civil War? Brave Men in Desperate Times tells the stories of twenty-one ordinary Civil War soldiers-men who, by and large, have never had their stories published until now. These vivid, eyewitness accounts culled from battle reports, muster rolls, museum collections, family stories, and a handful of letters and diaries that have survived are a testament to the sacrifice, honor, and service of these courageous men.
Introduction Ch 1: Queen of Battle: The Infantry Pvt. James K. Newton, Co. F, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Pvt. James R. Barrow, Co. B, Cobb’s Legion Infantry Ch 2: Thunder on the Battlefield: The Artillery Capt. Francis DeGress, First Illinois Light Battery H Capt. Thomas J. Key, Arkansas Battery, Hotchkiss’s Battalion Ch 3: Chivalry and Sabers: The Cavalry Sgt. James Larson, Co. H., Fourth U.S. Cavalry Pvt. Benjamin Wortham, Co. H, Twelfth Georgia Cavalry Regiment Ch 4: Wood and Iron: The Navies Seaman William Burke, USS Cairo Seaman James A. Wicks, CSS H.L. Hunley Ch 5: Sutures and Saws: Battlefield Medical Care Dr. Thomas Smith Waring, Surgeon, Seventeenth South Carolina Volunteers Ch 6: Hell on Earth: Prisoners Of War Pvt. William J. Crouse, Co. G, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves Ch7: Weekend Warriors: The Militia Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, Blue Ridge Rangers, First Regiment, Georgia State Line Ch 8: Pirates and Privateers: Blockade Runners Tom Taylor (civilian) Ch 9: The Everlasting Fire: American Indians Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, First Creek Mounted Volunteers, First Creek Cavalry Regiment Ch 10: I Goes to Fight Mit Sigel: Immigrant Soldiers Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ch 11: We Are Men, Aren’t We?: Black Soldiers Pvt. Scott Green, First U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Bibliography Index Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, Blue Ridge Rangers, First Regiment, Georgia State Line Ch 8: Pirates and Privateers: Blockade Runners Tom Taylor (civilian) Ch 9: The Everlasting Fire: American Indians Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, First Creek Mounted Volunteers, First Creek Cavalry Regiment Ch 10: I Goes to Fight Mit Sigel: Immigrant Soldiers Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ch 11: We Are Men, Aren’t We?: Black Soldiers Pvt. Scott Green, First U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Bibliography Index
Introduction Ch 1: Queen of Battle: The Infantry Pvt. James K. Newton, Co. F, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Pvt. James R. Barrow, Co. B, Cobb’s Legion Infantry Ch 2: Thunder on the Battlefield: The Artillery Capt. Francis DeGress, First Illinois Light Battery H Capt. Thomas J. Key, Arkansas Battery, Hotchkiss’s Battalion Ch 3: Chivalry and Sabers: The Cavalry Sgt. James Larson, Co. H., Fourth U.S. Cavalry Pvt. Benjamin Wortham, Co. H, Twelfth Georgia Cavalry Regiment Ch 4: Wood and Iron: The Navies Seaman William Burke, USS Cairo Seaman James A. Wicks, CSS H.L. Hunley Ch 5: Sutures and Saws: Battlefield Medical Care Dr. Thomas Smith Waring, Surgeon, Seventeenth South Carolina Volunteers Ch 6: Hell on Earth: Prisoners Of War Pvt. William J. Crouse, Co. G, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves Ch7: Weekend Warriors: The Militia Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, Blue Ridge Rangers, First Regiment, Georgia State Line Ch 8: Pirates and Privateers: Blockade Runners Tom Taylor (civilian) Ch 9: The Everlasting Fire: American Indians Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, First Creek Mounted Volunteers, First Creek Cavalry Regiment Ch 10: I Goes to Fight Mit Sigel: Immigrant Soldiers Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ch 11: We Are Men, Aren’t We?: Black Soldiers Pvt. Scott Green, First U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Bibliography Index Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, Blue Ridge Rangers, First Regiment, Georgia State Line Ch 8: Pirates and Privateers: Blockade Runners Tom Taylor (civilian) Ch 9: The Everlasting Fire: American Indians Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, First Creek Mounted Volunteers, First Creek Cavalry Regiment Ch 10: I Goes to Fight Mit Sigel: Immigrant Soldiers Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ch 11: We Are Men, Aren’t We?: Black Soldiers Pvt. Scott Green, First U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Bibliography Index
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