Chicago to Appomattox : the 39th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War /
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Author / Creator: | Baker, Jason B., 1983- author. |
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Imprint: | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022] |
Description: | viii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12714045 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: "Here My Children Have Been Born"
- Part I. "A Good Ways from Home" October 1861-December 1862
- 1. From Chicago
- 2. Trains, Steamboats and Twists of Fate
- 3. Trial by Fire
- 4. Into the Valley
- 5. The Battle of Kernstown and a Pursuit of Stonewall
- 6. Final Days In (and Out of) the Valley
- 7. McClellan, Waiting Games and Emancipation
- Part II. "Until Hell Freezes Over" January 1863-February 1864
- 8. Sailing to the Heart of Secession
- 9. Laying Siege
- 10. Furlough
- Part III. "All This Bloodletting" March 1864-April 1865
- 11. Bermuda Hundred
- 12. The Battle of Drewry's Bluff
- 13. Ware Bottom Church and the End of a Campaign
- 14. Grant's Arrival
- 15. Deep Despair and Deep Bottom
- 16. Campaign Season
- 17. Darbytown Road
- 18. A Final Winter
- 19. Once More to Petersburg
- 20. Breakthrough and Fort Gregg
- 21. To Appomattox
- Epilogue: "Muster Out"
- Appendix: Roster of the 39th Illinois Infantry
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index