Fear Was Not in Him : The Civil War Letters of General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A / Christian G. Samito.
2023
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Title
Fear Was Not in Him : The Civil War Letters of General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A / Christian G. Samito.
ISBN
9780823295500
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource (312 p.) : Illustrations, black and white
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10.1515/9780823295500 doi
Summary
Originally untrained in military science, Francis Channing Barlow ended the Civil War as one of the North's premier combat generals. He played decisive roles in historic campaigns throughout the War and his letters are classic accounts of courage combat, and the burdens of command as experienced by one of the Union's fiercest officers.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Barlow enlisted in April 1861 at the age of twenty six, commanded the 61st New York Infantry regiment by April 1862, and found himself a general in command of a division by 1863. He played a key role at Fair Oaks, Antietam, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg, suffered two serious wounds in combat, and was left for dead at Gettysburg, where part of the battlefield is named after him. Barlow's war correspondence not only provides a rich description of his experiences in these actions but also offers insight into a civilian learning the realities of war.As a young intellectual, Barlow was also well connected with many eminent figures of his time. He spent part of his youth at Brook Farm, graduated first in his Harvard College class, and became a successful New York City lawyer by the time he enlisted. Among his friends he counted Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., and Winslow Homer's family. Transformed by his experiences in the War, Barlow entered politics and served as New York's Secretary of State and Attorney General. Superbly edited by Christian G. Samito, Barlow's letters not only illuminate the life of a talented battlefield commander; they also fill a gap in Civil War scholarship by providing a valuable window into Northern intellectual responses to the War.
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The North's Civil War
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. 1861: "A surprising change from the delicate life of New York"
2. 1862: "I was in the thickest of it at the head of my Regt."
3. 1863: "I did not expect to get out alive"
4. 1864: "We have been in a most terrible whirl of marching + picket fighting"
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. 1861: "A surprising change from the delicate life of New York"
2. 1862: "I was in the thickest of it at the head of my Regt."
3. 1863: "I did not expect to get out alive"
4. 1864: "We have been in a most terrible whirl of marching + picket fighting"
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index