On Many a Bloody Field

Four Years in the Iron Brigade

von Alan D. Gaff

522 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

" . . . an excellent unit history of a renowned regiment . . . " -The Civil War News " . . . American history on a human scale . . . " -Kirkus Reviews "The author gives some of the best descriptions of the daily life of a Civil War soldier that can be found anywhere." -Library Journal "On Many a Bloody Field is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship and painstaking historical research." -The Bookwatch ". . . meticulously researched, day-by-day history of Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment. . . . [T]he real essence of this book is its detailed attention to the common soldiers. . . . [A]s a representative of its genre, it probably is without many peers." -Journal of Southern HistoryOn Many a Bloody Field follows one of the Civil War's most famous combat organizations-Company B, 19th Indiana Volunteers of the Iron Brigade, in a vivid account of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Alan Gaff follows the men from recruitment through mustering out, from the tedium of camp to the excitement of battle. A close-up view of the experience of war, told from the soldiers' perspective, often in the words of the men themselves.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253212948
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1999
• Größe: 236 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press