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Cargando... The Seventh West Virginia Infantry: An Embattled Union Regiment from the Civil War's Most Divided Statepor David W. Mellott
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Having always been intrigued by what seemed like a rather enigmatic unit, I had been really looking forward to getting my hands on this study. However, when the authors announce in their introduction that this really isn't a classic unit monograph, and that they're as interested in documenting the population of the unit as a statistical whole as anything else, I was wondering what they were really about. Upon finishing the book, what this really reads like is a narrative adjunct to an exercise in creating a database for genealogists, so that while I was informed, I also wasn't that entertained. As for what the "Bloody Seventh" was really about, this was only supposed to be a home guard unit, mostly raised to protect the B&O Railroad (and including a significant element of Ohioans and Pennsylvanians), that was ultimately assigned to the "Gibraltar" Brigade of the elite U.S. 2nd Corps, coming to earn its nickname fair and square. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Though calling itself "The Bloody Seventh" after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War. Fighting in more battles and suffering more losses than any other West Virginia regiment, the unit was the most embattled Union regiment in the most divided state in the war. Its story, as it unfolds in this book, is a key chapter in the history of West Virginia, the only state created as a direct result of the Civil War. It is also the story of the citizen soldiers, most of them from Appalachia, caught up in the bloodiest conflict in American history. The Seventh West Virginia fought in the major campaigns in the eastern theater, from Winchester, Antietam, and Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. Weaving military, social, and political history, The Seventh West Virginia Infantry details strategy, tactics, battles, campaigns, leaders, and the travails of the rank and file. It also examines the circumstances surrounding events, mundane and momentous alike such as the soldiers' views on the Emancipation Proclamation, West Virginia Statehood, and Lincoln's re-election. The product of decades of research, the book uses statistical analysis to profile the Seventh's soldiers from a socio-economic, military, medical, and personal point of view; even as its authors consult dozens of primary sources, including soldiers' living descendants, to put a human face on these "sons of the mountains." The result is a multilayered view, unique in its scope and depth, of a singular Union regiment on and off the Civil War battlefield--its beginnings, its role in the war, and its place in history and memory. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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