From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton's Regulars - A Civil War Memoir from the 121st New York Regiment (Paperback)

Sixty years after the Civil War, the 121st New York Volunteers (Upton's Regulars) finally published a history of their regiment. Its stated author was a man who had not served directly with the 121st but had based the book on a memoir written by a survivor who had enlisted at age 15. That boy, Dewitt Clinton Beckwith, published his memoir thirty years after the war in an obscure upstate New York newspaper, The Mohawk Democrat. For years, the "origin story" lay in plain sight, until editor Salvatore Cilella discovered the memoir while performing research for a regimental history. The original 53 weekly installments, edited and annotated here, richly detail the horrors and folly of war. They reveal the slow maturation and survival of a boy thrust into nearly four years of war. Beckwith describes his various Tom Sawyer-like adventures with the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, dealing with death, disease, loss and ultimate elation at Lee's surrender, which was only tempered by Abraham Lincoln's death. Beckwith was present at nearly all the historic Eastern Theater engagements from Antietam to Appomattox, including an abortive stint with the 91st New York in Florida in 1861.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
Authors:	Dewitt Clinton Beckwith
Editors:	Salvatore G. Cilella, Jr.
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-9112-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	1-4766-9112-6
Barcode:	9781476691121

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