Title "I hope to do my country service" : the Civil War letters of John Bennitt, M.D., surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry / edited by Robert Beasecker ; with a foreword by William M. Anderson

Published Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 409 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Great Lakes books Great Lakes books. Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Editorâ€?s Note -- 1 “I Am Not Very Anxious to Go into the Armyâ€? -- 2 “I Am Near the Land of â€?Dixieâ€?â€? -- 3 “Our Regiment Is Completely Destroyedâ€? -- 4 “I Am Beginning to Like the Serviceâ€? -- 5 “We Are Here among Secessionistsâ€? -- 6 “Poor Rebels!â€?Poor Rebeldom!!â€? -- 7 “We Expect to Be Soldiers in Earnest Nowâ€? -- 8 “The Rebels Mean to Make an Obstinate Resistance Hereâ€? -- 9 “A Glorious Future Awaits Our Countryâ€? APPENDIX A: “When Will My Dear Husband Come Home to Remain?â€?APPENDIX B: “Timely Aid Renderedâ€? -- APPENDIX C: Calendar of Bennitt Letters -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y Summary "In 1862 at the age of thirty-two, physician John Bennitt of Centerville, Michigan, joined the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment as an assistant surgeon and remained in military service until the end of the war. During this time, Bennitt wrote more than two hundred letters home to his wife and daughters. In them he shared his careful and detailed observations of army life, including dramatic battles, his medical trials in the field and army hospitals, and character sketches of his regimental comrades, captured Confederates, and local southern citizens. Bennitt writes about the war's progress on both the battlefield and the home front and also reveals his changing view of slavery and race." "Bennitt traces the history of the 19th Michigan Infantry, from its mustering in Dowagiac in August 1862, to its duty in Kentucky and Tennessee, its capture and imprisonment by Confederate forces and its subsequent exchange and reorganization, its participation in the Atlanta and the Carolinas campaigns, its place in the Grand Review in Washington, and its final mustering out in Detroit in June 1865. John Bennitt's significant collection of letters sheds light not only on the Civil War but also on life in a small Michigan town."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-394) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Bennitt, John -- Correspondence SUBJECT Bennitt, John -- Correspondence Bennitt, John fast Subject United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865) SUBJECT United States Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865) United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865) fast Subject Physicians -- United States -- Correspondence BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Physicians SUBJECT Michigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261 Centreville (Mich.) -- Biography Subject Michigan Michigan -- Centreville United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies History Personal narratives Personal correspondence Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Biographies. Autobiographies. Récits personnels. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Beasecker, Robert, 1946- LC no. 2004010963 ISBN 9780814337349 0814337341

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