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viii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-319) and index. |
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Ch. 1. Garibaldi, The Patriotic Exemplar -- Ch. 2. The Call to Arms and Assembly -- Ch. 3. Out to Bull Run and Back -- Ch. 4. South to North on the Shenandoah -- Ch. 5. Defending Harpers Ferry -- Ch. 6. Capture, Parole, and Exchange -- Ch. 7. Rascality and Resurrection -- Ch. 8. Redemption at Gettysburg -- Ch. 9. Revitalization with Colonel Funk -- Ch. 10. Pressing General Lee -- Ch. 11. Through to Victory -- Ch. 12. After the Battle -- Appendix I. The Original 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, The Garibaldi Guard -- Appendix II. Honor Roll of the 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, The Garibaldi Guard -- Appendix III. Muster Roll of the 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, The Garibaldi Guard. |
| Summary |
In the mid-19th century two struggles to define freedom overlapped: the Kingdom of Italy emerged from forty-nine years of war, and America erupted into Civil War. During the Italian Wars, thousands of soldiers: Italian, American, French, British, German, Hungarian, Polish, and others, received a unique schooling from the intrepid General Giuseppe Garibaldi. His training was of a type West Point could never have provided. Those men carried lessons with them during the American War onto the battlefields of Bull Run, the Wilderness, Gettysburg, through to Appomattox. The Garibaldi Guard, named after the illustrious general, was a unique meld of those foreign nationals who participated in the European revolutions and the struggle to save the Union. |
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This was a polyglot regiment of exiled political idealist veterans of Europe's armies and navies, anarchists, adventurers, and even a few crooks; they came from fifty-two European principalities and fourteen American States and served under the leadership of a charlatan. The book covers the careers of some of the officers and men in the post-Civil War years. In addition, a list of all the men (over 2,000) and a brief synopsis of their time serving in the regiment is provided. |
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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865)
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New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Registers.
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New York (State) -- Genealogy.
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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst00718894
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Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
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Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
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New York (State) (OCoLC)fst01210280
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
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1861-1865
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Family histories. (OCoLC)fst01919924
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Directories. (OCoLC)fst01423796
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Genealogy. (OCoLC)fst01423818
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Registers (Lists) (OCoLC)fst01919964
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Directories.
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Registers (Lists)
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Family histories.
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| ISBN |
1572490160 (alk. paper) |
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9781572490161 (alk. paper) |
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