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For country, cause & leader : the Civil War journal of Charles B. Haydon  Cover Image Book Book

For country, cause & leader : the Civil War journal of Charles B. Haydon / edited by Stephen W. Sears.

Summary:

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: 0395663601 :
  • Physical Description: xvii, 371 p. : illustrations, photographs 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Ticknor & Fields, 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.
Subject: Haydon, Charles B., 1834-1864 > Diaries.
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) > Biography.
Michigan > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Michigan > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Soldiers > Michigan > Diaries.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library E 514.5 2ND .H38 1993 30516905 General Collection Available -


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