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For country, cause & leader : the Civil War journal of Charles B. Haydon / edited by Stephen W. Sears.
The diaries of a man from Michigan as he served in the Union army from 1861 to 1864. Haydon fought at both Battles of Bull Run; in the Peninsula campaign; at Fredericksburg; Vicksburg; and Knoxville. He died of pneumonia while on leave in 1864.
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- ISBN: 9781328744821 (e-book)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (397 pages) : illustrations, photographs 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1993.
- Copyright: ©1993
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Kalamazoo Light Guard joins up -- To the seat of war -- Battle along Bull Run -- Duty with the Army of the Potomac -- Soldiering is very nice business -- In winter quarters -- Company officer -- Yorktown besieged -- Onward to Richmond -- Retreat from Richmond -- Cross and mad all day -- To the western theater -- No doubt that I was hit -- A Valley Forge winter. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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The diaries of a man from Michigan as he served in the Union army from 1861 to 1864. Haydon fought at both Battles of Bull Run; in the Peninsula campaign; at Fredericksburg; Vicksburg; and Knoxville. He died of pneumonia while on leave in 1864.