"A grand terrible dramma" : from Gettysburg to Petersburg : the Civil War letters of Charles Wellington Reed, illustrated by Reed's Civil War sketches ; edited by Eric A. Campbell

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"A grand terrible dramma" : from Gettysburg to Petersburg : the Civil War letters of Charles Wellington Reed, illustrated by Reed's Civil War sketches ; edited by Eric A. Campbell

Title remainder

from Gettysburg to Petersburg : the Civil War letters of Charles Wellington Reed

Statement of responsibility

illustrated by Reed's Civil War sketches ; edited by Eric A. Campbell

Instantiates

• "A grand terrible dramma" : from Gettysburg to Petersburg : the Civil War letters of Charles Wellington Reed

Publication

• New York, Fordham University Press, 2000

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index

Contents

• 5
• "the severest fought battle of the war" The Gettysburg Campaign
• 6
• "I must speak the truth we did suffer" The Fall and Winter of 1863
• 7
• "the experience I shall gain ... will help me all the more" Winter Quarters, 1863-1864
• 8
• "there has been terrible fighting day and night" The Overland Campaign
• 9
• "mud, mud, mud ... but our course is progressing gloriously" Petersburg
• 1
• 10
• "have been out all day, surveying the new lines" Service with the Topographical Engineers
• 11
• "it was the grandest military display I ever witnessed" The Last Encampment: Mustering Out
• 12
• "one of the most famous 'characters' in Boston" Charles Reed, Civilian
• Appendix A
• The Medal of Honor
• Appendix B
• The Minneapolis Journal Article
• "that gift of drawing from the life around him" Charles Wellington Reed, 1841-1862
• Appendix C
• The Boston Journal Article
• Appendix D
• Fifth Corps Medal of Honor Ceremony
• Appendix E
• The Woburn Sword Return Ceremony
• 2
• "I have been looking about for situations to suit me" Summer 1862
• 3
• "I am enrolled in the service of the United States" Mustering In: The Making of a Soldier
• 4
• "I ... made these old Virginia hills echo and resound with my good bugle" In the Washington Defenses

Control code

43851426

Dimensions

26 cm.

Edition

1st ed.

Extent

xxvii, 402 p.

Isbn

9780823219711

Isbn Type

(hardcover)

Lccn

00037587

Other physical details

ill., maps

Record ID

http://search.mel.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb12770749

System control number

• (OCoLC)ocm43851426
• 609659