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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers As If it Were Glory: Robert Beecham's Civil War from the Iron Brigade to the Black Regiments

Name: As If it Were Glory: Robert Beecham's Civil War from the Iron Brigade to the Black Regiments
Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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In this powerful and moving memoir, Robert Beecham tells of his Civil War experiences, both as an enlisted man in the fabled Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and as an officer commanding a newly raised African-American unit. Written in 1902, Beecham recounts his war experiences with a keen eye toward the daily life of the soldier, the suffering and brutality of war, and the remarkable acts of valor, by soldiers both black and white, that punctuated the grind of long campaigns. As If It Were Glory is an unforgettable account of the Civil War, unclouded by sentimentality and insistent that the nation remain true to the cause for which it fought. Beechams war was a long one—he served from May 1861 through the completion of the war in the spring of 1865. With the Iron Brigade he saw action at such momentous battles as Chancellorsville and then at Gettysburg, where he was taken prisoner. Returned to service in a prison exchange, Beecham was promoted to first lieutenant of the 23rd United States Colored Troops whom he lead in fierce fighting at the Battle of the Crater. At the Crater, Beecham was wounded, again captured, and, after eight months in a Confederate prison, escaped to find his way to Annapolis just before the conclusion of the war. In his narrative, Beecham celebrates the ingenuity of the enlisted man at the expense of officers who are often arrogant or incompetent. He also chides the altered recollections of fellow veterans who remember only triumphs and forgot defeats. In one of the most powerful parts of his memoir, Beecham pays tribute to the valor of the African Americans who fought under his command and insists that they were the bravest and best soldiers that ever lived.

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Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0945612559
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > 1701-1900
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 January 1998
Listed Since: 08 December 2006

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