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Author Remmel, William.

Title Like grass before the scythe : the life and death of Sgt. William Remmel, 121st New York Infantry / edited by Robert Patrick Bender.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-169) and index.
Summary During a conflict that saw death visit many households in the land, this work presents a story of a young recruit's devotion to family and nation. It includes letters which cover more than two full years of service in the 121st New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, from August 1862 to October of 1864.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; Introduction; 1. 1862: "On Our Way for Washington"; 2. 1863: "Like Grass before the Scythe"; 3. 1864: "Should I Ever Return to Your Fireside"; Epilogue; Notes; Index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Remmel, William -- Correspondence.
Remmel, William.
Genre/Form Correspondence.
Subject United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 121st (1861-1865)
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 121st (1861-1865)
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Correspondence.
Soldiers.
New York (State)
German American families -- New York (State) -- Devereaux.
German American families.
New York (State) -- Devereaux.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Devereaux -- Biography.
Immigrants.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Devereaux (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Personal narratives.
Records and correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Bender, Robert Patrick.
Other Form: Print version: Remmel, William. Like grass before the scythe. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006024420
ISBN 9780817381479 (electronic book)
0817381473 (electronic book)
0817315527 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780817315528 (cloth ; alkaline paper)