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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Bertsch, Friedrich//Staengel, Wilhelm |
| Title, Monographic | A German Hurrah! Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Staengel, 9th Ohio Infantry |
| Author/Subsidiary, or Performer | Reinhart, Joseph R. |
| Author Role 2 or Performer/Director | trans. and ed. |
| Place of Publication | Kent, Ohio |
| Publisher | Kent State University Press |
| Date of Publication | 2010 |
| Extent of Work | xiv, 370 |
| Packaging Method (e.g., pp.) | pp., ill. |
| Series Title | Civil War in the North |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes (pp. 303-35), bibliographic essay (pp. 356-359), and index. |
| Abstract | Provides translations and commentary on the letters of German immigrants Lieutenant Friedrich Bertsch and Chaplain Wilhelm Staengel of the 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These letters, originally published in German-American newspapers, provide insights into how the men experienced the Civil War in the mountains and valleys of western Virginia, in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama; and their views on American officers and enlisted men, other immigrant soldiers, and the enemy; ethnic identity, pride, and solidarity; and the imperfections they discovered in America's political, social, and economic fabric. ---- Contents: "Like Ducks to Water" -- To Western Virginia -- Baptism of Fire -- Return to Webster City -- Webster City to New Creek -- Separation and Reunion -- To Carnifex Ferry -- The Battle of Carnifex Ferry -- Totally Fed Up with Western Virginia -- Camp Anderson and Miller’s Ferry -- Still under fire and Still Underfed -- Rescued from Western Virginia -- Christmas at Camp Lebanon -- Mill Springs: Glorious victory -- Camp Cumberland to Camp Perryville -- Louisville to Nashville -- Nashville to Spring Hill -- The Battlefield of Shiloh -- Operations against Corinth, Mississippi -- From Corinth, Mississippi, to Tuscumbia, Alabama -- McCook is Murdered -- Return to Middle Tennessee. |
| Call Number | MKI / WHS E 525.5 9th B47 2010 |
| MKI Terms | Bertsch, Friedrich, 1823-1904 -- Correspondence/ Staengel, Wilhelm, 1826-1880 -- Correspondence/ United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1864)/ United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American/ Letters |