Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index
Contents:
Queen of battle : the infantry Pvt. James K. Newton, Co. F, 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Pvt. James R. Barrow, Co. B, Cobb's Legion Infantry Thunder on the battlefield : the artillery Capt. Francis DeGress, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H Capt. Thomas J. Key, Arkansas Battery, Hotchkiss's Battalion Chivalry and sabers : the cavalry Sgt. James Larson, Co. H, 4th U.S. Cavalry Pvt. Benjamin Wortham, Co. H, 12th Georgia Cavalry Regiment Wood and iron : the navies Seaman William Burke, USS Cairo Seaman James A. Wicks, CSS H.L. Hunley Sutures and saws : battlefield medical care Dr. Thomas Smith Waring, surgeon, 17th South Carolina Volunteers Hell on earth : prisoners of war Pvt. William J. Crouse, Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves Weekend warriors : the militia Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, "Blue Ridge Rangers", 1st Regiment, Georgia State Line Pirates and privateers : blockade runners Tom Taylor (civilian) The everlasting fire : American indians Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers (1st Creek Cavalry Regiment, CSA) "I goes to fight mit Sigel" : immigrant soldiers Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment We are men, aren't we? : Black soldiers Pvt. Scott Green, 1st United States Colored Troops (USCT)
