A waif of the war; or, The history of the Seventyfifth Illinois infantry, embracing the entire campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland. By Wm. Sumner Dodge.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781425520281
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: THE rebellion, which our people were confident of crushing in three short months, with a force of seventy-five thousand men, had continued through an entire year, rousing the nation to a realization of the fact that a bitter fratricidal strife was upon us; a war of sections, which augured much bloodshed, great expenditure of treasure, ruined homes, devastated fields, broken and sorrowing hearts.