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Loading... The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865by Andrew E. Masich
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is, to borrow from English football commentators, a book of two halves. The first is a narrative of the War of the Rebellion in Arizona Territory, and the second is a collection of narratives by the soldiers themselves which appeared in a San Francisco newspaper. These accounts are largely turgid and uninteresting, should have been relegated to an appendix, and are in any case more about mining than anything remotely military. As for the author's own words, they are the product of some great research which will be of considerable use to researchers (as will the soldiers' stories). However, since actual Union vs. Confederate military action consisted of a handful of skirmishes, this is mostly a book about Indian fighting, occupation policy, military government, and logistics. In other words, few will be terribly interested in the weight of the Union field pack, the optimal shape of a cavalryman's scabbard, or comparisons of the weights of pistol and rifle balls. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Bull Run, Gettysburg, Appomattox. For Americans, these battlegrounds, all located in the eastern United States, will forever be associated with the Civil War. But few realize that the Civil War was also fought far to the west of these sites. The westernmost battle of the war took place in the remote deserts of the future state of Arizona. In this first book-length account of the Civil War in Arizona, Andrew E. Masich offers both a lively narrative history of the all-but-forgotten California Column in wartime Arizona and a rare compilation of letters written by the volunteer soldiers who served in the U.S. Army from 1861 to 1866. Enriched by Masich's meticulous annotation, these letters provide firsthand testimony of the grueling desert conditions the soldiers endured as they fought on many fronts. Southwest Book Award Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book of the Year Pima County Public Library NYMAS Civil War Book Award New York Military Affairs Symposium No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.7History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil WarLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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