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9780762782833

In the Very Thickest of the Fight The Civil War Service Of The 78Th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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    9780762782833

  • ISBN10:

    0762782838

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-09-04
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot
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Summary

The regiment known as the 78th Illinois had an inauspicious start. The troops served under an absentee colonel who feuded with his officers and superiors, ended up arrested, and finally retreated to his tent and did nothing. They were issued regiment ancient rifles, including many that did not work. The regiment's companies were posted separately as guards at railroad bridges, which prevented the regiment from drilling and learning to maneuver as a unit. Devoid of leadership, distrusted by senior officers, the 78th became a regiment that was always left behind when others went to the front. Until they weren't. In addition to the personal stories this book tells, it offers details of many incidents and battles that have virtually escaped the prior notice of historians because those details are part of the story of this ignominious regiment. It also describes Western campaigns that have traditionally taken a back seat to the Eastern Theater in Civil War literature, and its narrative plays out against a broad landscape of six states-Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas.

Author Biography

  Steve Raymond is author of nine previous books.  He is a long-time member of the Civil War Trust and the Puget Sound Civil War Roundtable and for many years has been the Seattle Times\u2019 chief reviewer of Civil War history. In that capacity he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. vi
"The Blind Leading the Blind"p. 1
"We Have Bin Seeing Pretty Hard Times"p. 17
"The Maddest Set of Men in the World"p. 31
"Our Colonel Is Under Arrest"p. 50
"The Rebels Are Still Crowding Us Pretty Closely"p. 69
"The Government Has Commenced Giving Us a Few Pickles"p. 85
"The Most Melancholy and Painful Sight I Ever Saw"p. 104
"I Expect We Will Have a Big Mess"p. 120
"In the Very Thickest of the Fight"p. 138
"Our Lights Are All Over Missionary Ridge"p. 160
"My Men Are Almost Literally Naked"p. 179
"Brave Men Were Falling on Every Hand"p. 198
"It Appeared Like Certain Death to Remain"p. 215
"The Northern Sky Is Exceedingly Dark Just Now"p. 235
"This Will Undoubtedly Be a Hard Battle"p. 254
"They Are Going Somewhere Toward Freedom"p. 272
"God Bless Their Brave Souls"p. 291
Acknowledgmentsp. 313
Notesp. 317
Rosterp. 338
Bibliographyp. 366
Indexp. 370
About the Authorp. 380
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