"A grand terrible dramma" : from Gettysburg to Petersburg : the Civil War letters of Charles Wellington Reed /
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| Author / Creator: | Reed, Charles Wellington, 1841-1926. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Fordham University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | xxvii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The North's Civil War, 1089-8719 ; no. 14 North's Civil War ; no. 14. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4382106 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Illustration Credit Abbr.
- Editor's Note
- Introduction
- 1. "that gift of drawing from the life around him" Charles Wellington Reed, 1841-1862
- 2. "I have been looking about for situations to suit me" Summer 1862
- 3. "I am enrolled in the service of the United States" Mustering In: The Making of a Soldier
- 4. "I ... made these old Virginia hills echo and resound with my good bugle" In the Washington Defenses
- 5. "the severest fought battle of the war" The Gettysburg Campaign
- 6. "I must speak the truth we did suffer" The Fall and Winter of 1863
- 7. "the experience I shall gain ... will help me all the more" Winter Quarters, 1863-1864
- 8. "there has been terrible fighting day and night" The Overland Campaign
- 9. "mud, mud, mud ... but our course is progressing gloriously" Petersburg
- 10. "have been out all day, surveying the new lines" Service with the Topographical Engineers
- 11. "it was the grandest military display I ever witnessed" The Last Encampment: Mustering Out
- 12. "one of the most famous 'characters' in Boston" Charles Reed, Civilian
- Appendix A. The Medal of Honor
- Appendix B. The Minneapolis Journal Article
- Appendix C. The Boston Journal Article
- Appendix D. Fifth Corps Medal of Honor Ceremony
- Appendix E. The Woburn Sword Return Ceremony
- Bibliography
- Index
