Alonzo's War
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Alonzo's War

Letters from a Young Civil War Soldier

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eBook - ePub

Alonzo's War

Letters from a Young Civil War Soldier

About this book

Alonzo Bryant Searing, a high school graduate aged 18, enlisted in the 11th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment in Dover, New Jersey in 1862 and served two years and ten months as a private in the Union Army. His unit served in 27 engagements and he was slightly wounded twice. During that time he wrote 110 letters home to his sister. Twenty-five years later he edited these letters, adding information from his well-kept journals and his memory and had them published in The Morris County Journal newspaper from 1890-1893. The book is this collection of letters, written with a dry humor, which includes graphic descriptions of engagements, including some listings of death, wounding and sickness, opinions of the war, politics, religion, race, alcohol, deserters, camp conditions, hospital life, his own poetry and accounts of meetings with friends and relatives in nearby Army units.

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Information

Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781611475555
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Chapter 1: Arrival at Camp: August 1862
  4. Chapter 2: Trip to Washington, D. C.: August 1862
  5. Chapter 3: Near the Battle of Bull Run: September 1862–November 1862
  6. Chapter 4: March to Fredericksburg: November 1862
  7. Chapter 5: Arrival at Fredericksburg: November 1862–December 1862
  8. Chapter 6: Battle of Fredericksburg: December 1862
  9. Chapter 7: Winter Quarters: January 1863–April 1863
  10. Chapter 8: Battle of Chancellorsville: May 1863
  11. Chapter 9: Establishing a Hospital: May 1863–June 1863
  12. Chapter 10: Closing Hospital: June 1863
  13. Chapter 11: Finding and Rejoining Their Regiments: June 1863
  14. Chapter 12: Battle of Gettysburg: July 1863
  15. Chapter 13: Following Lee: July 1863
  16. Chapter 14: Battle of Wapping Heights: July 1863
  17. Chapter 15: Picket Duty on Rappahannock: August 1863–September 1863
  18. Chapter 16: Culpepper, Virginia: September 1863–October 1863
  19. Chapter 17: Movements of the Second Division: October 1863–November 1863
  20. Chapter 18: Brandy Station: November 1863
  21. Chapter 19: Battles of Locust Grove and Mine Run: December 1863
  22. Chapter 20: Winter Quarters: December 1863–April 1864
  23. Chapter 21: Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House: May 1864
  24. Chapter 22: Received Sick Furlough: May 1864
  25. Chapter 23: Reported Back to Mansion House Hospital: July 1864–October 1864
  26. Chapter 24: Transfer to Fort Reno: October 1864–November 1864
  27. Chapter 25: Return from Furlough Home “to Vote”—Battle of Fort Morton: November 1864–December 1864
  28. Chapter 26: Return to Active Duty at the Front: December 1864–February 1865
  29. Chapter 27: Battle at Hatcher’s Run: February 1865–March 1865
  30. Chapter 28: Battle for Petersburg: April 1865
  31. Chapter 29: Camp near Burkesville: April 1865
  32. Chapter 30: March from Burkesville to near Alexandria: May 1865
  33. Chapter 31: Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac: May 1865
  34. Chapter 32: Farewells: June 1865
  35. Chapter 33: Going Home: June 1865
  36. Chapter 34: Last Column for The Morris Journal: April 1893
  37. About the Author