A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation / John Matteson.
| Author/creator |
Matteson, John author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021] |
| Description | xvii, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
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| Contents | The poet's son -- The blond artillerist -- Burnside's bridge and a Broadway bar -- An army in crisis -- A man of God -- "The most beautiful girl runner" -- "Beauty" and "Sallie" -- "Believe me, we shall never lick 'em" -- Caroline Street -- Pelham does first rate -- The stone wall -- Southbound trains -- "A worse place than hell" -- The prince of patients -- "Death itself has lost all its terrors" -- "Our fearful journey home" -- The song of the hermit thrush -- St. Patrick's Day, 1863 -- "The duty of fighting has ceased for me" -- "To act with enthusiasm and faith." |
| Abstract | "In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, John Pelham, and Arthur Fuller. Guided by duty, driven by desire, they moved toward lofty destinies: a young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by guardians of propriety, a struggling writer desperate to serve the cause and gain her philosopher father's admiration, a West Point cadet from Alabama excelling in artillery tactics, and a one-eyed minister seeking to prove his manhood. Because of what they saw and suffered, America, too, would never be the same."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-498) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020041510 |
| ISBN | 9780393247077 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0393247074 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | E474.85 .M38 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |