144 pages : black and white illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
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Study Program
MG+ RL 8.0 .0 191984
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
George E. Stephens -- Watch night -- James Henry Gooding -- Call to courage -- Hope and glory -- I shall burn this town -- Paymaster's wagon -- Dark heroes -- A grand chance -- Dear old flag -- Are we soldiers? -- Three cheers -- Andersonville -- Mutiny and honor -- The other war -- A final fight and mustering out -- Forward, march! -- Slavery and civil war.
Indexed In:
Junior Library Guild
Summary
Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history---George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding, Union soldiers who served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, and also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields.
