| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 349 pages) |
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Civil War soldiers and strategies |
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Civil War soldiers and strategies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Brandy Station and the Gettysburg Campaign: May 17-July 18, 1863; Chapter Two: Fighting Mosby and the Partisans: July 19-October 3, 1863; Chapter Three: Bristoe Station and Mine Run: October 4-December 5, 1863; Chapter Four: Winter at Warrenton: December 6, 1863-April 30, 1864; Chapter Five: The Overland Campaign and the Early Actions near Petersburg: May 1-July 26, 1864; Chapter Six: Operations near Petersburg: July 27-November 4, 1864; Chapter Seven: Winter at Petersburg: November 6, 1864-March 11, 1865 |
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Chapter Eight: The Fall of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign: March 12-May 15, 1865Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"In May 1863, eighteen-year-old William Brooke Rawle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and traded a genteel, cultured life of privilege for service as a cavalry officer. Traveling from his home in Philadelphia to Virginia, he joined the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry and soon found himself in command of a company of veterans of two years' service, some of whom were more than twice his age. Within eight weeks, he had participated in two of the largest cavalry battles of the war at Brandy Station and Gettysburg. Brooke Rawle and the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry would serve with the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac through April 1864, fighting partisans and guerillas in Northern Virginia and also seeing action during the Bristoe Station and Mine Run battles of late 1863. A meticulous diarist and letter writer, Brooke Rawle documented nearly everything that came under his observant eye in 150 well-written letters home to his family. These letters, supplemented by his diary entries, provide a fascinating, richly detailed look into the life of a regimental cavalry officer during the last two years of the Civil War in the East"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2019) |
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Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915 -- Correspondence
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Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915 -- Diaries
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Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915 fast |
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United States. Army of the Potomac.
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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)
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United States. Army of the Potomac fast |
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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865) fast |
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Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence
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Military campaigns
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Soldiers
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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| Subject |
Pennsylvania
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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History
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Personal correspondence
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Acken, J. Gregory, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781612777986 |
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1612777988 |
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