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Author Brandt, Dennis W., 1946-

Title From home guards to heroes [electronic resource] : the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community / Dennis W. Brandt.

Imprint Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

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Description xx, 274 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Series Shades of blue and gray series
Shades of blue and gray series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.
Contents Seeds -- Initial test : April-July 1861 -- Genesis -- The rank and file -- Commanders and their companies -- Discipline problems -- Desertion -- Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith -- South-central Pennsylvania and race -- Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg -- Monocacy -- Final days of war -- Postwar politics and reunions -- Epilogue: Two tales of closure.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865)
United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- York County -- History -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Adams County -- History -- 19th century.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0826216803 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780826216809 (hard cover : alk. paper)

 
    
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