From home guards to heroes the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community /

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Main Author: Brandt, Dennis W., 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Series:Shades of blue and gray series.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Seeds
  • Initial test : April-July 1861
  • Genesis
  • The rank and file
  • Commanders and their companies
  • Discipline problems
  • Desertion
  • Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith
  • South-central Pennsylvania and race
  • Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg
  • Monocacy
  • Final days of war
  • Postwar politics and reunions
  • Epilogue: Two tales of closure.