Double duty in the Civil War [electronic resource] : the letters of sailor and soldier Edward W. Bacon / edited by George S. Burkhardt.
Publication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009.Description: xiii, 258 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780809329106 (cloth alk. paper)
- 0809329107 (cloth alk. paper)
- 9780809386499 (e-book)
- Bacon, Edward W. (Edward Woolsey), 1843-1887 -- Correspondence
- United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 29th (1864-1865)
- Sailors -- United States -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Connecticut -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
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- E601 .B15 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
Introduction -- The sailor, 1861-62. High seas hunt ; Riverine warfare ; Turning point -- The hospital clerk, 1863 -- The soldier, 1864-65. 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored) ; Trench fighting, Virginia ; Promotion and victory ; Occupation duty, Texas ; Homeward -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.