From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton's Regulars
A Civil War Memoir from the 121st New York Regiment
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2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9112-1 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9112-1 (ISBN)
Richly details the horrors and folly of war. The book reveals the slow maturation and survival of a boy thrust into nearly four years of civil war. The author was present at nearly all the historic Eastern Theater engagements from Antietam to Appomattox, including an abortive stint with the 91st New York in Florida in 1861.
Sixty years after the Civil War, the 121st New York Volunteers (Upton's Regulars) finally published a history of their regiment. Its stated author was a man who had not served directly with the 121st but had based the book on a memoir written by a survivor who had enlisted at age 15. That boy, Dewitt Clinton Beckwith, published his memoir thirty years after the war in an obscure upstate New York newspaper, The Mohawk Democrat. For years, the "origin story" lay in plain sight, until editor Salvatore Cilella discovered the memoir while performing research for a regimental history.
The original 53 weekly installments, edited and annotated here, richly detail the horrors and folly of war. They reveal the slow maturation and survival of a boy thrust into nearly four years of war. Beckwith describes his various Tom Sawyer-like adventures with the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, dealing with death, disease, loss and ultimate elation at Lee's surrender, which was only tempered by Abraham Lincoln's death. Beckwith was present at nearly all the historic Eastern Theater engagements from Antietam to Appomattox, including an abortive stint with the 91st New York in Florida in 1861.
Sixty years after the Civil War, the 121st New York Volunteers (Upton's Regulars) finally published a history of their regiment. Its stated author was a man who had not served directly with the 121st but had based the book on a memoir written by a survivor who had enlisted at age 15. That boy, Dewitt Clinton Beckwith, published his memoir thirty years after the war in an obscure upstate New York newspaper, The Mohawk Democrat. For years, the "origin story" lay in plain sight, until editor Salvatore Cilella discovered the memoir while performing research for a regimental history.
The original 53 weekly installments, edited and annotated here, richly detail the horrors and folly of war. They reveal the slow maturation and survival of a boy thrust into nearly four years of war. Beckwith describes his various Tom Sawyer-like adventures with the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, dealing with death, disease, loss and ultimate elation at Lee's surrender, which was only tempered by Abraham Lincoln's death. Beckwith was present at nearly all the historic Eastern Theater engagements from Antietam to Appomattox, including an abortive stint with the 91st New York in Florida in 1861.
Salvatore G. Cilella, Jr. is retired after a 43-year museum career and is the author/editor of several books. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
Introduction 3
1. Beckwith Goes for a Soldier 23
2. Beckwith Enlists Again 34
3. The Reality of War 44
4. "Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg!" 52
5. Salem Church 63
6. Gettysburg 75
7. Summer and Fall 1863 84
8. The Overland Campaign 95
9. Slaughter at Cold Harbor 112
10. Saving Washington and into the Valley 123
11. The Siege of Petersburg 139
12. War's End 149
13. Going Home 158
Chapter Notes 165
Bibliography 223
Index 233
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 31 photos |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 175 x 251 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9112-6 / 1476691126 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9112-1 / 9781476691121 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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