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Harvard's Civil War : a history of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
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Harvard's Civil War : a history of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Author: Richard F Miller
Publisher: Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, ©2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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One of the Civil War's most distinguished units was made up of a volatile mix of personalities. On one hand, half of the elite and highly literate officers came from old-money New England Circles -- many were connected to or educated at Harvard University -- and their writings and poetry influenced how the North saw the course of war. On the other hand, the other half of the officer corps were made up of immigrant  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Miller, Richard F., 1951-
Harvard's Civil War.
Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, c2005
(OCoLC)607601703
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Richard F Miller
ISBN: 1584655054 9781584655053 9781584656753 1584656751
OCLC Number: 60515104
Description: xiii, 530 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Richard F. Miller.
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Abstract:

One of the Civil War's most distinguished units was made up of a volatile mix of personalities. On one hand, half of the elite and highly literate officers came from old-money New England Circles -- many were connected to or educated at Harvard University -- and their writings and poetry influenced how the North saw the course of war. On the other hand, the other half of the officer corps were made up of immigrant sons, Lincoln haters, and German and Irish troops who commiserated with their soldiers. This volatile mix worked through the major battles of the war, and their triumphs and catastrophes provided much turmoil.

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