Esprit de Corps in a Civil War Regiment brothers one And All mark h. dunkelman Conflicting Worlds New Dimensions of the American Civil War T. MICHAEL PARRISH, EDITOR ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-13-0414:58:54 PS PAGEi ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-13-0414:58:55 PS PAGEii brothers one and all Esprit de Corps in a Civil War Regiment MARK H. DUNKELMAN louisiana state university press baton rouge ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-28-0410:50:56 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:1)2004byMarkH.Dunkelman Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Designer:AmandaMcDonaldScallan Typeface:Whitman Typesetter:CoghillCompositionCo. Printerandbinder:Thomson-Shore,Inc. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Dunkelman,MarkH. Brothersoneandall:espritdecorpsinaCivilWarregiment/MarkH.Dunkelman. p.cm.—(Conflictingworlds) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-8071-2978-X(hardcover:alk.paper) 1.UnitedStatesArmy.NewYorkInfantryRegiment,154th(1862–1865)2.UnitedStatesArmy—Military life—History—19thcentury.3.Fellowship—History—19thcentury.4.UnitedStates—History—CivilWar, 1861–1865—Socialaspects.5.Soldiers—NewYork(State)—Socialconditions—19thcentury.6.Soldiers—United States—Socialconditions—19thcentury.7.NewYork(State)—History—CivilWar,1861–1865—Regimental histories.8.UnitedStates—History—CivilWar,1861–1865—Regimentalhistories.I.Title.II.Series. E523.5154th.D855 2004 369(cid:1).15(cid:1)09747—dc22 2004000585 ThepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesforpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeonProduction GuidelinesforBookLongevityoftheCouncilonLibraryResources.(cid:2)(cid:2) ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-13-0414:58:55 PS PAGEiv Inlovingmemoryofmyparents,HaroldandIrene ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-13-0414:58:55 PS PAGEv ..........................10744$ $$FM 05-13-0414:58:55 PS PAGEvi ontents C Acknowledgments .. ......................................... xi Introduction:ThisLittleBand ................................... 1 part one: Home Ties 1. DemographicsandIdentity .............................. 15 2. LinesofCommunication ................................ 30 3. FriendsandFoes ..................................... 54 part two: WarTies 4. Comrades,Cowards,andSurvivors ......................... 75 5. EnduringHardships ................................... 98 6. OntheBattlefield..................................... 120 7. TheWounded,Captured,andDead ... ...................... 142 8. InCampandBeyond .................................. 170 9. ShoulderStrapsandCourts-Martial ......................... 205 10. MoraleandRegimentalPride ............................. 226 part three: VeteranTies 11. E.D.NorthrupandtheBetrayalofEspritdeCorps .............. 251 Notes .................................................... 279 Bibliography ... ............................................ 315 Index .................................................... 327 vii ..........................10744$ CNTS 05-13-0414:58:58 PS PAGEvii ..........................10744$ CNTS 05-13-0414:58:58 PS PAGEviii llustrations I Map Areaofoperationsofthe154thNewYork 14 Photographs followingpage247 PrivateBarneyMcAvoy PrivatesFrancisM.BowenandMosesBowenJr. FrancisBowen,MosesBowen,andCyrusH.Bowen SergeantAsaBrainardandPrivateCalvinBrainard PrivateJacobWinney SergeantMajorAlexanderBirdandhiswife,MelissaAda(Hyde)Bird PrivateLeviD.Baileyandhiswife,CeliaA.(Stevens)Bailey FirstSergeantAmbroseF.Arnold Currier&IveslithographcommemoratingCorporalSeymourSikes JohnManley,the“Soldier’sFriend” AssistantsurgeonGeorgeH.Bosley CaptainLewisD.Warner CaptainByronA.Johnston,FirstLieutenantAlexanderBird,andCorporal ThomasR.Aldrich Broadsidefor1888encampmentof154thNewYorkveterans Veteransofthe154thNewYorkattheirGettysburgmonument E.D.Northrup,historianofthe154thNewYork ix ..........................10744$ ILLU 05-13-0414:59:02 PS PAGEix
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