More Terrible than Victory
Subtitle: North Carolina's Bloody Bethel Regiment, 1861-65
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: December 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781574882193
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Land forces & warfare; United States - Civil War; Military Combat Units; Military History - U.S. Civil War; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - State & Local - General; Military - United States; Army; Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; North Carolina; North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 11th; Reginmental histories; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
First sentence: One of the remarkable ironies of the Civil War is the fact that North Carolina, the southern state most reluctant and nearly last to break from the Union, gave more troops and shed more blood for the South than any other state.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Marching to the field of blood; title: In defense of my home and my country; title: For glory or for shame; title: A butchery pure and simple; title: Men determined to win; title: Honor answering honor; title: Epilogue : Spring 1867, Chapel Hill, N.C.