A small but spartan band
Subtitle: the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
By: Zack C. Waters and James C. Edmonds.
Contributors: Edmonds, James C., 1984-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780817316792
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia -- Military life; Soldiers -- Florida -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions; Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Our gallant little Florida brigade" : organization of the Second Florida Infantry Regiment; title: "Lavish of blood" : the battles of Seven Pines and Seven Days; title: "Five times our colors fell" : Second Bull Run and Antietam; title: "A courage as intrepid as that of any other" : Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; title: "The green and pleasant valley of Pennsylvania" : the route to Gettysburg; title: "Any man is lucky that comes out yet alive" : the Battle of Gettysburg; title: "Unwept and unhonored" : the retreat from Pennsylvania; title: "Vain dreams of glory" : the newspaper war to the end of 1863; title: "Bloodiest and weirdest of encounters" : the Battle of the Wilderness; title: "One vast Golgotha" : Spotsylvania, North Anna, and the arrival of Finegan; title: "Each one a hero" : sacrifice at Cold Harbor; title: "We are going to see the elephant show his works" : the Siege of Petersburg; title: "There are some true men left" : to Appomattox; title: Thereafter.