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xxvii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Black Dutch -- A crowded arsenal -- We are to meet the enemy -- 1862. A home not made with hands -- Generals, slavery, and slurs -- War means killing -- A new colonel -- Fighting retreat, bloodiest day -- 1863. "Those cowardly Dutch" -- A question of will -- The river of death -- The buzzards hold all the cards -- "Chickamauga, God damn you!" -- Two ears of corn -- 1864. A new kind of war -- " Come up from the fields, Father, there is a letter" -- Fortwahrend Schlachten und Mord -- Second best in America -- An act of providence -- Every man a commander -- A cry of victory -- 1865." A great storm passed over us" -- Pull for the shore -- Appendix: A statistical portrait of the 15th Missouri soldier. |
| Summary |
"Missouri, torn by divided loyalties between supporting the North or the South, had 39 infantry regiments serving in the Union army. Of these, the 15th Missouri, comprised primarily of German immigrants, served the longest and suffered the highest percentage of battlefield casualties of all the Union regiments from Missouri. Yet very little source material is available about the 15th Missouri. German immigrants seldom wrote of their wartime experiences, and those who did wrote almost exclusively in German. A veteran of the regiment, Maurice Marcoot, wrote the only known firsthand account of the 15th. Written years after the war, Marcoot's detailed chronicle of life in the 15th Missouri is the framework of Long Road to Liberty. |
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Long Road to Liberty traces the men's immigrant roots and their involvement in events leading up to the war, including breaking up the last slave auction in St. Louis and efforts to keep Missouri in the Union, and continues with their army lives as the state's first volunteers. It details the 15th's actions in crucial battles in Tennessee and Georgia: their desperate stand at Stones River and near annihilation at Chickamauga; their charge without orders up Missionary Ridge; the campaign for Atlanta; and their role at Spring Hill and the killing field a day later at Franklin, Tennessee. |
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They served almost five years, most of that time in daily contact with their Southern adversaries in Tennessee and Georgia. When the war was finally over, more than half of the 904 officers and men who had ever served with the 15th regiment had been wounded or killed, while another 107 died of disease"--Jacket. |
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United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865)
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Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant.
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German American soldiers -- Missouri -- History -- 19th century.
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Immigrants -- Missouri -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 15th (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01639715
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German American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00941304
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Military participation -- German American.
(OCoLC)fst01353725
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Military participation -- Immigrant.
(OCoLC)fst01353729
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Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
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Missouri. (OCoLC)fst01204724
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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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1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0873388712 (hdbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780873388719 |
| Standard No. |
9780873388719 |
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