| A Hundred Days to Richmond: Ohio's Hundred Days Men in the Civil War Contributor(s): Leeke, Jim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 025333537X ISBN-13: 9780253335371 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1999 Annotation: ..". an interesting and readable account of those whose service to the Blue was brief but in some cases dangerous and exciting." -- The Civil War News "This useful and entertaining book presents, mainly in the words of the participants, the experience of the 35,000 Ohioans who served in 100-day regiments during the summer of 1864." -- Choice Drawn from Civil War diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts, A Hundred Days to Richmond tells for the first time the complete story of Ohio's "100-day men," state militia troops offered for Union service for 100 days. Their tales -- unique and memorable, and unmistakably American -- reflect the hope, fear, determination, horror, humor, and grit of the Civil War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.747 |
| LCCN: 99020005 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.38" W x 9.53" (1.40 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . an interesting and readable account of those whose service to the Blue was brief but in some cases dangerous and exciting. -- The Civil War News This useful and entertaining book presents, mainly in the words of the participants, the experience of the 35,000 Ohioans who served in 100-day regiments during the summer of 1864. --Choice Drawn from Civil War diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts, A Hundred Days to Richmond tells for the first time the complete story of Ohio's 100-day men, state militia troops offered for Union service for 100 days. Their tales--unique and memorable, and unmistakably American--reflect the hope, fear, determination, horror, humor, and grit of the Civil War. |