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The Resource A thousand may fall : life, death, and survival in the Union Army, Brian Matthew Jordan

A thousand may fall : life, death, and survival in the Union Army, Brian Matthew Jordan

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"From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of immigrants and their brutal experience of the conflict. Brian Matthew Jordan's Marching Home, a "powerful exploration" (Washington Post) of the fates of Union veterans, vaulted him into the first rank of Civil War historians. Now, in A Thousand May Fall, Jordan sends us trundling along dusty roads with the 107th Ohio, an ethnically German infantry regiment whose members battled nativism no less than Confederate rebels. The 107th was at once ordinary and exceptional: its ranks played central roles in two of the war's pivotal battles, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, even as language, identity, and popular perceptions of their loyalties set them apart. Drawing on many never-before-used sources, Jordan shows how, while enduring the horrible extremes of war, the men of the 107th Ohio contemplated the deeper meanings of the conflict-from personal questions of citizenship to the overriding matter of emancipation. A pioneering account from the view of the ordinary, immigrant soldier -- 200,000 native Germans fought for the Union, in total -- A Thousand May Fall overturns many of our most basic assumptions about the bloodiest conflict in our history"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
360 pages
Contents
  • "The feelings of a soldier" : July 1865 and beyond
  • "We feel it our duty" : August and September 1862
  • "To crush out the ... ungodly rebellion" : October to December 1862
  • "Stop all firing in the rear of us" : January to April 1863
  • "Completely and scientifically flanked" : April to May 1863
  • "Heaping upon us ... ignominy and shame" : May to July 1863
  • "All that mortal[s] could do" : July to August 1863
  • "We are not cowards" : August 1863 to February 1864
  • "So many hardships" : February 1864 to July 1865
Isbn
9781631495144
Instance
Label
A thousand may fall : life, death, and survival in the Union Army
Title
A thousand may fall
Title remainder
life, death, and survival in the Union Army
Statement of responsibility
Brian Matthew Jordan
Title variation
Life, death, and survival in the Union Army
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of immigrants and their brutal experience of the conflict. Brian Matthew Jordan's Marching Home, a "powerful exploration" (Washington Post) of the fates of Union veterans, vaulted him into the first rank of Civil War historians. Now, in A Thousand May Fall, Jordan sends us trundling along dusty roads with the 107th Ohio, an ethnically German infantry regiment whose members battled nativism no less than Confederate rebels. The 107th was at once ordinary and exceptional: its ranks played central roles in two of the war's pivotal battles, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, even as language, identity, and popular perceptions of their loyalties set them apart. Drawing on many never-before-used sources, Jordan shows how, while enduring the horrible extremes of war, the men of the 107th Ohio contemplated the deeper meanings of the conflict-from personal questions of citizenship to the overriding matter of emancipation. A pioneering account from the view of the ordinary, immigrant soldier -- 200,000 native Germans fought for the Union, in total -- A Thousand May Fall overturns many of our most basic assumptions about the bloodiest conflict in our history"--
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Biography type
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1986-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Jordan, Brian Matthew
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • United States
  • United States
  • Ohio
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • German American soldiers
  • Immigrants
  • United States
  • Ohio
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • German American soldiers
  • Immigrants
  • Military participation
  • Military participation
  • Military participation
  • Regimental histories
  • Ohio
  • United States
Label
A thousand may fall : life, death, and survival in the Union Army, Brian Matthew Jordan
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-342) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "The feelings of a soldier" : July 1865 and beyond
  • "We feel it our duty" : August and September 1862
  • "To crush out the ... ungodly rebellion" : October to December 1862
  • "Stop all firing in the rear of us" : January to April 1863
  • "Completely and scientifically flanked" : April to May 1863
  • "Heaping upon us ... ignominy and shame" : May to July 1863
  • "All that mortal[s] could do" : July to August 1863
  • "We are not cowards" : August 1863 to February 1864
  • "So many hardships" : February 1864 to July 1865
Control code
1155075137
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
360 pages
Isbn
9781631495144
Lccn
2020041255
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other control number
40030391819
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1155075137
Label
A thousand may fall : life, death, and survival in the Union Army, Brian Matthew Jordan
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-342) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "The feelings of a soldier" : July 1865 and beyond
  • "We feel it our duty" : August and September 1862
  • "To crush out the ... ungodly rebellion" : October to December 1862
  • "Stop all firing in the rear of us" : January to April 1863
  • "Completely and scientifically flanked" : April to May 1863
  • "Heaping upon us ... ignominy and shame" : May to July 1863
  • "All that mortal[s] could do" : July to August 1863
  • "We are not cowards" : August 1863 to February 1864
  • "So many hardships" : February 1864 to July 1865
Control code
1155075137
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
360 pages
Isbn
9781631495144
Lccn
2020041255
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other control number
40030391819
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1155075137

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