| On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade Contributor(s): Gaff (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253212944 ISBN-13: 9780253212948 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.747 |
| LCCN: 96001728 |
| Series: Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.35" W x 9.3" (1.59 lbs) 520 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . 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 History On 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. |
