MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 04436cam a2200349 a 4500
001 5432562
005 20221110033945.0
008 050523t20052005nhuabcf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005014158
020 $a1584655054 (cloth : alk. paper)
024 3 $a9781584655053
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm60515104
035 $a(NNC)5432562
035 $a5432562
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dBAKER$dOrLoB-B
043 $an-us-ma$an-us---
050 00 $aE513.5 20th$b.M555 2005
082 00 $a973.7/444$222
100 1 $aMiller, Richard F.,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005023828
245 10 $aHarvard's Civil War :$ba history of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry /$cRichard F. Miller.
260 $aHanover :$bUniversity Press of New England,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axiii, 530 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-499) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$t21 July 1865 -- $gCh. 2.$tJanuary 1861 -- $gCh. 3.$tFilling the roster -- $gCh. 4.$tCamp Massasoit -- $gCh. 5.$tBall's Bluff -- $gCh. 6.$tA regiment sundered -- $gCh. 7.$tThe Peninsula, Yorktown, and the seven days -- $gCh. 8.$tTo the Antietam -- $gCh. 9.$tThe battles of Fredericksburg -- $gCh. 10.$tSecond Fredericksburg -- $gCh. 11.$tGettysburg -- $gCh. 12.$tBristoe Station and Mine Run -- $gCh. 13.$tThe fatal grind begins -- $gCh. 14.$tTrenches to trenches : Spotsylvania to Petersburg -- $gCh. 15.$tDeep Bottom, Reams' Station, and the end.
520 1 $a"The Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the most influential northern units in the Army of the Potomac. Its nickname, the Harvard Regiment, was derived from the preponderance of Crimson-connected officers on its roster. The fortunes of war placed this unit at the lethal crossroads of nearly every major battle of the Army of the Potomac from Ball's Bluff (1861) through Grant's Overland Campaign. After receiving its baptismal fire at the debacle of Ball's Bluff, the Harvard Regiment was the first to plant its colors on the Confederate works at Yorktown; fought McClellan's rear guard actions during the Seven Days' Campaign; was mauled in Antietam's West Woods, on Fredericksburg's streets, and on Marye's Heights; faced Pickett's charge at Gettysburg; and was at the deadly intersection of the Orange and Plank roads at the battle of the Wilderness." "But the regiment's influence far transcended its battle itinerary. Its officers were drawn from elite circles of New England politics, literature, and commerce. This was the regiment of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; of his cousins, William Lowell Putnam and James Jackson Lowell, both nephews of James Russell Lowell and whose mothers were distinguished authors; of Paul Joseph Revere and his brother Edward H. R. Revere, both grandsons of Paul Revere; and of Sumner Paine, great-grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine." "Because its officer corps was highly educated, many of the Harvard Regiment left copious collections of diaries, memoirs, and letters, many published. Yet the history of the Twentieth Massachusetts comprises a social document beyond the evocative and tragic recollections of its highly literate leadership. Although the Boston elite dominated the regiment's officer crops, half of its recruits were immigrants, mostly German and Irish. The ethnic tension that dogged the regiment during its existence reflected an uneasy mix. The regiment included Copperhead and abolitionist gentlemen, radical German emigres from the failed Revolution of 1848, the sons of prominent Republicans, and the sons of Lincoln-haters. Miller weaves a social history of the period into his narrative offering readers a backdrop that enriches vivid descriptions of battlefield triumphs and catastrophes."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bMassachusetts Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91028264
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xRegimental histories.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
610 20 $aHarvard University$xHistory$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004988
852 00 $bglx$hE513.5 20th$i.M555 2005