The Road to Richmond by Harold A Small
Abner Small wrote one of the most honest, poignant, and moving memoirs to come out of the Civil War. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Third Maine Infantry during the summer of 1861, experiencing battle for the first time at First Bull Run. As a recruiting officer, he helped to raise the Sixteenth Maine Infantry and served as its adjutant. The Sixteenth Maine gained fame for its heroic delaying action on July 1 at Gettysburg, where it lost 180 of its 200 men. It went on to serve in Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia. Small was an articulate observer of all this. He wrote his memoirs with a keen sense of the irony of life during wartime, and with a gift for expression. His descriptions of the dead at Gettysburg, his characterizations of famous men such as Major General Oliver Otis Howard, and his reflections on the emotions of men under fire are outstanding. Small was captured in the battle of Globe Tavern on August 18, 1864. His account of prison life at Libby, Salisbury, and Danville is gripping. Small was exchanged just in time to lead his regiment in the final days of the war. His book reveals more of the inner soldier than almost any other account written by a Union veteran.-
Northern Character
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Abraham Lincoln
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This Distracted and Anarchical People
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The Limits of Dissent
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The Lincoln Forum
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For the Vast Future Also
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Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front
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Carl Schurz
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Melting Pot Soldiers
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"First Among Equals"
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From First to Last
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Shades of Green
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The Lincoln Assassination
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Deserter Country
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State of the Union
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Excommunicated from the Union
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Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army
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New Bedford's Civil War
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New Masters
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Liberty, Virtue, and Progress
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Affairs of Party
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Civil War America
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Exploring Lincoln
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Fear Was not in Him
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Lincoln and Leadership
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Sacred Debts
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Busy Hands
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Union Combined Operations in the Civil War
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The Northern Home Front During the Civil War
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New Perspectives on the Union War
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A Grand Terrible Drama
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Prang's Civil War Pictures
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Touched with Fire
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Freedom, Union, and Power
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So Conceived and So Dedicated
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Family War Stories
".. unaffected simplicity and directness ... evident sincerity ... candor ... careful and accurate compilation. We cannot have too many books of this nature." -The New York Times "This memoir is vividly written ... and accurate... The text of this valuable ... contribution to history is admirably edited." -American Historical Review "These reminiscences ... will delight students of the Civil War." -The Times Literary Supplement "A compact and truthful picture of what life was like in the Army of the Potomac." -The Nation
Harold A. Small (Author)
Harold Adams Small was the son of Major Abner R. Small and was Director of the University of California Press.
Earl J. Hess (Introducer)
Earl J. Hess holds the Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and is the author of nearly twenty books on the Civil War.
Harold Adams Small was the son of Major Abner R. Small and was Director of the University of California Press.
Earl J. Hess (Introducer)
Earl J. Hess holds the Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and is the author of nearly twenty books on the Civil War.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780823220144 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823220141 |
| Title | The Road to Richmond |
| Author | Harold A Small |
| Series | The North's Civil War |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 314 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |