Dignity of Duty: The Journals of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath 1861-1898

by Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, Carlo D'Este D.H.L. (Foreword by), Jennifer N. Pritzker IL ARNG (Retired) (Foreword by), Kenneth "Ken" A. Clarke (Editor), Susan Lane (Editor)

Overview

Straight from the family attic to your hands, Dignity of Duty contains the never before shared, presciently detailed primary source accounts of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath as he serves in and witnesses an unprecedent span of American history in the Civil War, Reconstruction period, building of the American west, and Spanish American War. With an introduction by military historian Carlo D’Este and illustrated maps, these journals add not only to larger scholarship of the late 19th century but also show the personal heart and cost of war and its fallout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989792851
Publisher:	Tawani Enterprises, Inc
Publication date:	06/19/2015
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword x

Introduction 1

Part 1 The Civil War

1 Raising & Organizing the Regiment 7

2 Equipping the Regiment & Leaving Indiana 14

3 Horrors on Hatteras Island 18

4 The Most Remarkable Naval Combat 23

5 First Brush with the Enemy 35

6 Seven Days Fighting 42

7 Pope & McClellan 49

8 Second Battle of Bull Run 52

9 Forces Arrive at Fredericksburg 60

10 My Right Leg Would Not Do Its Duty 74

11 Chancellorsville 79

12 Gettysburg Campaign 88

13 Riots in New York City 105

14 Kelly's Ford & Mine Run 109

15 The Wilderness 116

16 Spotsylvania 122

17 The March from the North Anna 128

18 The Rapidan to the Chickahominy 132

19 The Siege of Petersburg 142

20 The Explosion of the Mine 149

21 Our Last Battles & Mustering Out 152

22 In Closing, January 16, 1898 156

Part 2 Post-Civil War

1 Marriage to Susan & Arrival In Mississippi 161

2 Our Duties In Mississippi & Our Son Is Born 170

3 Ordered to Texas 182

4 My Daughter Etta Was Born & We Move to Galveston 192

5 Fort Griffin, Texas 196

6 Leaving Fort Griffin 201

7 Duty in Chicago & Return to Texas 205

Album of Photographs 214

8 I Must Have an Operation 222

9 Orders to Go to Dakota 226

10 Fort Custer, Where Nan Is Born in a Tent 230

11 Our Bannock & Crow Campaigns 239

12 On a Court Marshall 247

13 Terry's Landing & Back to My Company 251

14 I Am Anxious to Get My Family Out 254

15 Fort Yates & to New York 268

16 Sacketts Harbor, NY 273

17 Fort Huachuca, Arizona 277

18 Philadelphia & Whipple Barracks, Arizona 286

Part 3 The Spanish-American War

1 Mobile, Alabama, to Florida 291

2 Florida to Porto Rico 303

3 Porto Rico 308

Glossary 315

Acknowledgments 322

Index 327

Editorial Reviews

The definitive words of what happened during those actions. There’s nothing like his writings detailing what that group went through during the war.”
– Eddie Arruza, Chicago Tonight, WTTW

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