The Last Civil War Veterans - Frank L. Grzyb

The Last Civil War Veterans

The Lives of the Final Survivors, State by State

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6522-1 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
It really matters very little who died last”, wrote Civil War historian William Marvel, “but for some reason we seem fascinated with knowing.” Drawing on a wide range of sources including correspondence with descendants, this book covers the last living Civil War veterans in each state, providing details of their wartime service as soldiers and sailors and their postwar lives.
It really matters very little who died last,"" wrote Civil War historian William Marvel, ""but for some reason we seem fascinated with knowing."" Drawing on a wide range of sources including correspondence with descendants, this book covers the last living Civil War veterans in each state, providing details of their wartime service as soldiers and sailors and their postwar lives as family men, entrepreneurs, politicians, frontier pioneers and honored veterans.

Frank L. Grzyb, author of six previous books, has contributed numerous articles to newspapers and magazines about America's Civil War. He is a member of the Rhode Island Civil War Round Table and lives in Rhode Island, USA.

Table of Contents


Acronyms and Abbreviationsviii

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Brigadier General Richard J. Valente USA (Ret.)

Preface

Introduction

1. An Overview

2. The Union

3. The District of Columbia

4. The Confederacy

5. The Border States

6. The Western Territories (as of April 1865)

7. The Territories of Alaska and Hawaii

8. The “Last of the Last”

9. Is This the Final Chapter?

Appendices

A: The Last Civil War Veteran from Each State

B: The Last Ten Civil War Nurses

C: The 1890 U.S. Census and Veterans Schedule

D: Union and Confederate Veterans Who Resettled Overseas

E: The Last Survivors of Major Events or Milestones Before, During and After the Civil War

Chapter Notes

Bibliography and Further Reading

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 71 photographs
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 295 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4766-6522-2 / 1476665222
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-6522-1 / 9781476665221
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