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Title A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia / Zack C. Waters and James C. Edmonds.
Author Waters, Zack C., 1946-
Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Book Cover
Description xiii, 254 p. : ill., map, plans ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Our gallant little Florida brigade" : organization of the Second Florida Infantry Regiment -- "Lavish of blood" : the battles of Seven Pines and Seven Days -- "Five times our colors fell" : Second Bull Run and Antietam -- "A courage as intrepid as that of any other" : Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville -- "The green and pleasant valley of Pennsylvania" : the route to Gettysburg -- "Any man is lucky that comes out yet alive" : the Battle of Gettysburg -- "Unwept and unhonored" : the retreat from Pennsylvania -- "Vain dreams of glory" : the newspaper war to the end of 1863 -- "Bloodiest and weirdest of encounters" : the Battle of the Wilderness -- "One vast Golgotha" : Spotsylvania, North Anna, and the arrival of Finegan -- "Each one a hero" : sacrifice at Cold Harbor -- "We are going to see the elephant show his works" : the Siege of Petersburg -- "There are some true men left" : to Appomattox -- Thereafter.
Subject Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia -- Military life.
Soldiers -- Florida -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Added Author Edmonds, James C., 1984-
ISBN 9780817316792 (cloth : alk. paper) : $29.95
0817316795 (cloth : alk. paper)