9780742520844

The Badax Tigers From Shiloh to the Surrender with the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742520844

  • ISBN10:

    0742520846

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-04-16
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

This intimate unit history of the Badax Tigers chronicles the experiences of Company C of the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the entire Civil War as seen through the eyes of Private Thomas Jefferson Davis. Davis' letters provide an extraordinarily complete picture of a typical Federal volunteer company in the Civil War and are supplemented by newspaper articles and some soldiers' letters.

Author Biography

Thomas P. Nanzig is currently a history and genealogy collections editor with ProQuest Information and learning in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also the president of the Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Introduction 1(10)
They Had About Become Bare-Assed Tigers
11(24)
Events of No Ordinary Character
35(18)
We Live As Woodchucks
53(52)
The Sound Was Anything But Musical
105(30)
The Canal That General Butler Commenced
135(24)
Closed up Snugly Around Vicksburg
159(34)
They Have Kept Us Jogging Pretty Good
193(26)
An Open Confession is Good for the Soul
219(38)
Sherman Is Slowly Driving the Rebs
257(24)
We Dosed Them with Blue Pills
281(12)
The News Is Glorious and the Future Is Bright
293(28)
I Will Never Be a Military Dog
321(12)
Postscript 333(2)
Bibliography 335(4)
18th Wisconsin Infantry Regimental Statistics 339(2)
18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Organizational Chart: 1862-1865 341(2)
Roster of Company C, 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry 343(6)
Badax Tigers Statistics 349(2)
Index 351

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