A volunteer in the regulars : the Civil War journal and memoir of Gilbert Thompson, US Engineer Battalion /

At the outbreak of the war, Gilbert Thompson joined the regular army and was assigned to the engineer battalion. He began writing a journal of his service. After the war, Thompson took his three wartime journals and interleaved them into a single volume, adding some of his postwar reflections along...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909
Other Authors:	Smith, Mark A., 1972- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Voices of the Civil War series.
Subjects:	Thompson, Gilbert, > 1839-1909 > Diaries. United States. > Army of the Potomac. > Engineer Battalion. United States. > Army > Officers > Diaries. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Engineering and construction. Soldiers > Massachusetts > Diaries. Military engineers > Massachusetts > Diaries. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives. Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.

Table of Contents:

1. Off to the Wars with Other Intelligent Men November 1861-March 1862
2. Uncle Sam's Pontoon Shoes The Peninsula Campaign, March-August 1862
3. Getting Accustomed to Campaigning Summer and Fall 0/1862
4. We Are for Fredericksburg Under Burnside, November 1862-February 1863
5. Camp Life Here Is Quite Pleasant February-April 1863
6. Hooker Goes on His Own Hook The Chancellorsville Campaign, April-May 1863
7. All We Knew [Was] That a Battle Was Going On The Gettysburg Campaign, May
July 1863
8. The Line of the Rappahannock Summer and Fall of 1863
9. Waiting to Do Something Winter Quarters, December 1863-May 1864
10. Something Earnest Is Intended The Overland Campaign, May-June 1864
11. Engaged on Fortification The Siege of Petersburg, June-December 1864.