Inside The Army Of The Potomac

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Inside The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : J. Gregory Acken
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2017-09-15

Inside The Army Of The Potomac written by J. Gregory Acken and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-15 with History categories.

At the outbreak of war, twenty-year-old Francis Adams Donaldson enlisted in the 1st California Regiment (later known as the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers) of the famous Philadelphia Brigade of the II Corps, Army of the Potomac. He fought at Ball’s Bluff (where he was captured) and participated in the Peninsula Campaign until he was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Upon his recovery, Donaldson reluctantly accepted promotion to a captaincy I the Corn Exchange Regiment (also known as the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers), which served throughout its existence in the V Corps. In his new position, Donaldson participated in all the major campaigns and battles in the East through late 1863, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, and Mine Run. Although Donaldson made no secret of his distaste for writing he consistently sent home some of his letters filled as many as fifty pages of writing paper. Nearly all of his letter were written in camp of while on active campaign, imparting a freshness and immediacy that is rarely seen. His comments on fellow soldiers—be they lowly privates of major generals—were pointed and unvarnished. In addition to writing ably and including his combat experience, Donaldson also revealed much about the seldom-mentioned factors of army life—the internal feuding, the backbiting, and the politicking that coursed through many Civil War regiments. For more than 125 years, Donaldson’s letters have lain virtually untouched in the Civil War Library and Museum of Philadelphia. J. Gregory Acken has painstakingly edited these remarkable collection, making these never-before-published letters available for the first time. Their detail and honesty will astonish and enthrall anyone who has ever taken an interest in the Civil War.

History Of The Second Army Corps In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Francis Amasa Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886

History Of The Second Army Corps In The Army Of The Potomac written by Francis Amasa Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with History categories.

Recollections Of A Private Soldier In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Frank Wilkeson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886

Recollections Of A Private Soldier In The Army Of The Potomac written by Frank Wilkeson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with New York (State) categories.

Four Years In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Evan Rowland Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

Four Years In The Army Of The Potomac written by Evan Rowland Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with United States categories.

Three Years In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Henry Nichols Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865

Three Years In The Army Of The Potomac written by Henry Nichols Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with Massachusetts categories.

A Surgeon In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Francis M. Wafer
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2008

A Surgeon In The Army Of The Potomac written by Francis M. Wafer and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Lured across the border by promises of opportunity and adventure, Francis M. Wafer - a young student from Queen's Medical College in Kingston - joined the Union's army of the Potomac as an assistant surgeon. From the battle of the Wilderness to the closing campaigns, Wafer was both participant and chronicler of the American Civil War. Cheryl Wells provides an edited and fully annotated collection of Wafer's diary entries during the war, his letters home, and the memoirs he wrote after returning to Canada. Wafer's writings are a fascinating and deeply personal account of the actions, duties, feelings, and perceptions of a noncombatant who experienced the thick of battle and its grave consequences. The only substantial account by a Canadian Civil War soldier who returned to Canada, A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac fills a critical gap in American Civil War historiography and will have broad appeal among scholars and enthusiasts.

Turned Inside Out

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Author : Frank Wilkeson
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01

Turned Inside Out written by Frank Wilkeson and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with History categories.

Reflecting no misty-eyed nostalgia, Frank Wilkeson's memoir of the Civil War is "unlike most others by Civil War veterans, who tended to romanticize and sometimes to glorify their experiences, thus distorting the experiences they went through. . . . His emphasis on the seamy, unheroic, horrific side of war is a healthy corrective to romanticism".--James M. McPherson, from his Introduction.

Four Years Campaigning In The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Daniel G. Crotty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874

Four Years Campaigning In The Army Of The Potomac written by Daniel G. Crotty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with United States categories.

Commanding The Army Of The Potomac

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Author : Stephen R. Taaffe
language : en
Publisher: Modern War Studies
Release Date : 2006

Commanding The Army Of The Potomac written by Stephen R. Taaffe and has been published by Modern War Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"Stephen Taaffe takes a close look at this command cadre, examining who was appointed to these positions, why they were appointed, and why so many of them ultimately failed to fulfill their responsibilities. He demonstrates that ambitious officers such as Gouverneur Warren, John Reynolds, and Winfield Scott Hancock employed all the weapons at their disposal, from personal connections to exaggerated accounts of prowess in combat, to claw their way into these important posts." "Once there, however, as Taaffe reveals, many of these officers failed to navigate the tricky and ever-changing political currents that swirled around the Army of the Potomac. As a result, only three of them managed to retain their commands for more than a year, and their machinations caused considerable turmoil in the army's high command structure."--BOOK JACKET.

Berdan S United States Sharpshooters In The Army Of The Potomac 1861 1865

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Author : Charles Augustus Stevens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892

Berdan S United States Sharpshooters In The Army Of The Potomac 1861 1865 written by Charles Augustus Stevens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with United States categories.