Mother, May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen: The 57th Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers in the Last Year of the Civil WarThe 57th Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers lost more men killed and mortally wounded than any other regiment in the Union army. In this classic Civil War unit history, Wilkinson crafts an intimate, gutsy, candid story of men at war. • Covers the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg • No-holds-barred account of the fatigue, horror, boredom, gallantry, and cowardice of the Civil War soldier |
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Contents
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Mother May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen 99 | 99 |
Hard Seasons 266 | 266 |
To Have This Business Closed Up 285 | 285 |
One Last Desperate Effort 290 | 290 |
The Ladies They Will All Turn Out 308 | 308 |
Epilogue 331 | 331 |
Notes 335 | 335 |
Abbreviations in the Appendixes 362 | 362 |
Battle Statistics 363 | 363 |
To Go to Your Cupboard Hannah 110 | 110 |
The Brave Amongst the Bravest 115 | 115 |
Shelter Without Fire 128 | 128 |
The Cockade City 144 | 144 |
You Leg It Like the Devil 155 | 155 |
Black Interlude 168 | 168 |
To Just Endure 181 | 181 |
A Continual Rattle of Musketry 193 | 193 |
Rumors 204 | 204 |
Bury Them If They Wont Move 219 | 219 |
Thirty Men 238 | 238 |
This Damnable Place for a Dog 252 | 252 |
The Thirty Combat Soldiers Remaining After Weldon Railroad 368 | 368 |
Men in Every Battle of the Regiment 369 | 369 |
Demographics of Nativity 370 | 370 |
Company Statistical Summaries 371 | 371 |
Table of Organization Infantry May to September 1864 372 | 372 |
Regimental General Orders 373 | 373 |
Medical Advice 378 | 378 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 388 | 388 |
Also recommended | 400 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Mother, May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen: The 57th Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers in the Last Year of the Civil War |
| Author | Warren Wilkinson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Stackpole Books, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0811716651, 9780811716659 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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