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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Reinhart, Joseph R. |
| Title, Monographic | August Willich's Gallant Dutchmen: Civil War Letters from the 32nd Indiana Infantry |
| Place of Publication | Kent, Ohio |
| Publisher | Kent State University Press |
| Date of Publication | 2006 |
| Extent of Work | xiii, 262 |
| Series Editor | Gordon, Lesley, J. |
| Series Title | Civil War in the North |
| Abstract | Organized by Colonel August Willich, a former Prussian army officer who led troops during the German Revolution of 1848, the 32nd Indiana regiment was comprised of German immigrants. The regiment fought in the Western Theater of the Civil War, including Rowlett's Station in Kentucky; at Shiloh, Stones River, and Missionary Ridge in Tennessee; and at Chickamauga and Pickett's Mill in Georgia. The letters presented here originally appeared in German in issues of German-American newspapers during the Civil War, and they illuminate the personal motivations, wartime experiences, opinions, ethnic pride, and bravery of the soldiers. ---- Contents: A Note about Translation and Editing -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- "Gather around the Flag of Freedom" -- "They Received a Regular Thrashing from the Germans" -- "Now They Push the Germans Out of Their Place of Honor" -- "Today Decides the Fate of America" -- "We 'Dutchmen' Will Win or Perish" -- "It Is Unpleasant for the Men" -- "The Losses of the Regiment" -- "The Rebels Poured Death and Destruction into Our Ranks" -- "My Center Had to Suffer a Great Deal" -- "Set Back but Not Conquered" -- "Here It Was about Victory or Death" -- "We Mourn a Bitter and Irreplaceable Loss" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Original Officers and Color Sergeants of the 32nd Indiana Regiment -- Appendix B: 32nd Indiana Monument at Cave Hill National Cemetery -- Appendix C: Other Books Containing Civil War Diaries and Collections of Letters Written by Native Germans and Published in English. -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pp. 195-252) and index. |
| Call Number | MKI / WHS E506.5 32nd A84 2006 |
| MKI Terms | Willich, August/ United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865)/ German American soldiers -- Indiana -- Correspondence/ German Americans -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century/ Letters/ United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |