From home guards to heroes : the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community / Dennis W. Brandt.
| Author/creator | Brandt, Dennis W., 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xx, 274 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Shades of blue and gray series Shades of blue and gray series. ^A445374 |
| Contents | Seeds -- Initial test : April-July 1861 -- Genesis -- The rank and file -- Commanders and their companies -- Discipline problems -- Desertion -- Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith -- South-central Pennsylvania and race -- Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg -- Monocacy -- Final days of war -- Postwar politics and reunions -- Epilogue: Two tales of closure. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006026039 |
| ISBN | 0826216803 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780826216809 |