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To rescue my native land : the Civil War letters of William T. Shepherd, First Illinois Light Artillery /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherd, William T., 1842-1930
Other Authors: Hackemer, Kurt
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2005]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Voices of the Civil War series.
Subjects:
Shepherd, William T., > 1842-1930 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
Soldiers > Illinois > Correspondence.
Illinois > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Illinois > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Tennessee > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Artillery operations.
United States. > Army > Ordnance and ordnance stores > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Enlistment and learning to be a soldier
  • Life at Bird's Point
  • The war heats up
  • First combat experiences
  • Forts Henry and Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh
  • Chasing rebels
  • The army in Memphis
  • Becoming a clerk
  • The rear-area clerk.