Army Life in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict ; Edited by Eric WardStackpole Books, 2002 - 246 páginas George G. Benedict was one of thousands of young men who enlisted for the Union cause in the late summer of 1862 when the outcome of the Civil War was yet to be decided. But in addition to his duties as a soldier, Benedict also worked as a correspondent for his hometown newspaper, the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Benedict's thirty-one letters gave the folks back home a firsthand account of army life in the Civil War. Now, by supplementing these letters with official documents, newspaper accounts, and comrade's letters, editor Eric Ward expands on this account, providing a fuller and more accurate picture of army life in Virginia. |
Contenido
A Call to Arms | 1 |
Camp at East Capitol Hill | 32 |
Camp Vermont | 63 |
Camp at Fairfax Courthouse | 96 |
Camp at Wolf Run Shoals | 130 |
Camp at Union Mills | 165 |
On the Field of Gettysburg | 183 |
Mustered Out | 216 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 234 |
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Términos y frases comunes
12th Vermont 1862 Dear Free 1st Vermont Brigade 1st Vermont Infantry 2nd Vermont Brigade 2nd Vermont Infantry Adjutant Alexandria arrived artillery attack battery battle battlefield Benedict Brattleboro brigade's Bull Run Burlington Free Press Camp Vermont Capt Casey Colonel Blunt command Company comrades Confederate Corps Dear Free Press drill East Capitol Hill enlisted Fairfax Courthouse Fairfax Station Farnham Farnham Papers field fight fire Gettysburg ground Hagar headquarters Hooker horses hospital Howard Guard Irwin July knapsacks Lee's letter Lieut Lieutenant Mary Farnham McClellan miles morning Mosby Mosby's moved muster National Archives night Occoquan officers picket duty picket line Potomac rebel regi River road Roswell Farnham sent sergeant side soldiers Stannard Stoughton tents took train troops Union army Union Mills University of Vermont Vermont Infantry Regiment VI Corps Virginia Washington weather weeks winter Wolf Run Shoals wounded