Dignity of Duty
Subtitle: the Journals of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, 1861-1898 : a personal odyssey of service from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War
By: edited by Susan Gilbreath Lane ; Introduction by Carlo D'Este
Contributors: Lane, Susan Gilbreath, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780989792851
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Personal narratives; History; Indians of North America; Wars; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865); United States
Description: "Published 117 years after his death, the journals of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath illuminate the true horrors of war and demonstrate the dignity Gilbreath felt about his service, and the importance he placed on duty to his nation. Gilbreath's accounts of his life of service in the army, traveling through the war-torn South during Reconstruction, the dangerous Texas frontier and wilderness of the West are vivid and compelling. The journals include the story of his intrepid wife and children who also experiences the turmoil and change that were shaping 19th century America, as they followed Gilbreath wherever his orders took them. He continued writing until just days before he died while serving with the 11th U.S. Infantry in Puerto Rico at the end of the Spanish -American War. Many passages, including his firsthand account of the Battle of the Ironclads and his description of reconnecting with a fellow Gettysburg veteran in Chicago 21 years after the battle, are beautifully written, with a personal and emotional gravity found in the best literary works."-- from book flap.
Notes: Includes index.

Colored maps on lining paper.

"A personal odyssey of service from the Civil War to the Spanish-American war"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Civil War; title: Post-Civil War; title: The Spanish-American War.