| We Have It Damn Hard Out Here: The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Thomas W. Smith, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Contributor(s): Wittenberg, Eric J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 087338623X ISBN-13: 9780873386234 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1999 Annotation: Told in his own words, this is the story of Sgt. Thomas W. Smith's service in the Civil War -- the greatest adventure of his life; It is also the story of his regiment, the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as Rush's Lancers. Tested in battle, this regiment ultimately proved to be one of the elite calvary units on either side of the conflict. His letters provide rare insight into the daily life of a non-commissioned officer. They are filled with humor and humanity and demonstrate the hardships withstood by the common soldier. Smith witnesses and describes in his letters McClellan's Peninsula campaign, the bloody battles at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and Grant's campaigns of 1864. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98-44154 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.31" W x 9.32" (1.11 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
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| Publisher Description: Told in his own words, this is the story of Sgt. Thomas W. Smith's service in the Civil War--the greatest adventure of his life. It is also the story of his regiment, the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as Rush's Lancers, named both for the distinctive wooden lances they carried for the first two years of the war and for their first commanding officer, Col. Richard H. Rush. These letters provide rare insight into the workings and daily life of a noncommissioned officer. They are filled with humor and humanity and demonstrate the hardships withstood by the common soldier of the Civil War. The added narrative and annotations assist the reader in identifying the persons and events described and in placing them in the proper historical perspective and context. |