Burning Rails As We Pleased: The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Brossura

Bentley, William Garrigues

 
9780786444922: Burning Rails As We Pleased: The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
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ISBN 10: 0786444924 ISBN 13: 9780786444922
Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2010

Sinossi

William Garrigues Bentley chose to leave the safety of home and family at age 19 fight for the Union. He enlisted in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, in 1862 and served for three long years before being honorably discharged. His firsthand account details his day-to-day life as a soldier, the long marches around Kentucky, skirmishes with the Rebs, joining with Sherman s army in the Atlanta campaign and then chasing Hood into Tennessee and fighting in the bloody battle at Franklin, and on to rejoin Sherman in the winter of 1865 for the final months of the Carolina campaign. This book compiled from a collection of 142 of Bentley s newly discovered letters and other documents not only is an important historical record but also offers an insight into the political thoughts and feelings of the time. The book includes a complete roster of the 104th Ohio.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Barbara Bentley Smith is William Garrigues Bentley's great-granddaughter. She lives in Washington, North Carolina. Nina Bentley Baker is William Garrigues Bentley's great-granddaughter. She lives in Cary, North Carolina.

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William Garrigues Bentley chose to leave the safety of home and family at age 19 fight for the Union. He enlisted in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, in 1862 and served for three long years before being honorably discharged. His firsthand account details his day-to-day life as a soldier, the long marches around Kentucky, skirmishes with the Rebs, joining with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign and then chasing Hood into Tennessee and fighting in the bloody battle at Franklin, and on to rejoin Sherman in the winter of 1865 for the final months of the Carolina campaign. This book--compiled from a collection of 142 of Bentley's newly discovered letters and other documents--not only is an important historical record but also offers an insight into the political thoughts and feelings of the time. The book includes a complete roster of the 104th Ohio.

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Editore
McFarland Publishing
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0786444924
ISBN 13 
9780786444922
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
226
Redattore
Smith Barbara Bentley, Baker Nina Bentley
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780786416592: Burning Rails As We Pleased: The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley of the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0786416599 ISBN 13:  9780786416592
Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2004
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