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050 00 $aE511.5 17th$b.M38 1994
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100 1 $aMattocks, Charles,$d1840-1910.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93086347
245 10 $aUnspoiled heart :$bthe journal of Charles Mattocks of the 17th Maine /$cedited by Philip N. Racine.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aKnoxville :$bUniversity of Tennessee Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9407
300 $axxxii, 446 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aVoices of the Civil War
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aA dramatic real-life adventure story, "Unspoiled Heart" chronicles the Civil War experiences of Charles P. Mattocks, a major in the Union Army of the Potomac. From 1863 to 1865, Mattocks kept a diary in which he meticulously recorded the everyday details of army politics and camplife and the excitement of commanding men in battle.
520 8 $aAt the tender age of twenty-three, this Bowdoin College graduate took successive command of the Seventeenth Maine and the famous First United States Sharpshooters. With an "unspoiled heart," he fearlessly led his troops in the crucial battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg as well as in several minor skirmishes. During the Battle of the Wilderness, Mattocks was captured, imprisoned by the Confederates, and escaped into the mountains of North Carolina, where he was recaptured by Confederate Indians.
520 8 $aAfter nine months in different Confederate prisons, Mattocks was exchanged in time to participate in the Battle of Sayler's Creek, in which his bravery earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
520 8 $aMattocks's journals are rich with insightful commentary, including details about the officers' prisons in Georgia and the Carolinas and about the anti-Confederate slaves and white Unionists who aided him in his escape. Of particular interest are his invaluable descriptions of Sayler's Creek, the last great battle involving the Army of the Potomac and one that has often been neglected in Civil War literature.
600 10 $aMattocks, Charles,$d1840-1910$vDiaries.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
651 0 $aMaine$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bMaine Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85133593
650 0 $aSoldiers$zMaine$vDiaries.
700 1 $aRacine, Philip N.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80108600
830 0 $aVoices of the Civil War.
852 00 $bglx$hE511.5 17th$i.M38 1994