In the very thickest of the fight
Subtitle: the Civil War service of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
By: Steve Raymond
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780762782833
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 78th (1862-1865); Soldiers; Personal narratives; Regimental histories; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The Blind Leading the Blind"; title: "We Have Bin Seeing Pretty Hard Times"; title: "The Maddest Set of Men in the World"; title: "Our Colonel Is Under Arrest"; title: "The Rebels Are Still Crowding Us Pretty Closely"; title: "The Government Has Commenced Giving Us a Few Pickles"; title: "The Most Melancholy and Painful Sight I Ever Saw"; title: "I Expect We Will Have a Big Mess"; title: "In the Very Thickest of the Fight"; title: "Our Lights Are All Over Missionary Ridge"; title: "My Men Are Almost Literally Naked"; title: "Brave Men Were Falling on Every Hand"; title: "It Appeared Like Certain Death to Remain"; title: "The Northern Sky Is Exceedingly Dark Just Now"; title: "This Will Undoubtedly Be a Hard Battle"; title: "They Are Going Somewhere Toward Freedom"; title: "God Bless Their Brave Souls"; title: Roster.