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.
Record details
- 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
Content descriptions
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. |