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- catalog abstract "Amidst the din of battle and the chaos of armies on the move, William G. Le Duc of Hastings, Minnesota, writes of the frenzied life of a Union officer in the Quartermaster Department during the Civil War. Concerned with the logistical details of supplying the Army of the Potomac as it bogged down during the Peninsula campaign or of commandeering a steamboat to relieve the siege and get food to stranded soldiers at Chattanooga, Le Duc tells his story of mud-choked roads, incompetent commanders, and what he understands as the crucial factor necessary for the Union success in battle: a well-supplied army. Through his close association with Generals McClellan and Meade, Hooker and Sherman, Le Duc learned to master the army's bureaucracy and overcome the hardships of trying to keep Union supplies on the move. His compelling memoir is unique in depicting the details of life in the Quartermaster Department.".
- catalog contributor b915612.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog created "[c1963]".
- catalog date "1963".
- catalog date "[c1963]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c1963]".
- catalog description "Amidst the din of battle and the chaos of armies on the move, William G. Le Duc of Hastings, Minnesota, writes of the frenzied life of a Union officer in the Quartermaster Department during the Civil War. Concerned with the logistical details of supplying the Army of the Potomac as it bogged down during the Peninsula campaign or of commandeering a steamboat to relieve the siege and get food to stranded soldiers at Chattanooga, Le Duc tells his story of mud-choked roads, incompetent commanders, and what he understands as the crucial factor necessary for the Union success in battle: a well-supplied army. Through his close association with Generals McClellan and Meade, Hooker and Sherman, Le Duc learned to master the army's bureaucracy and overcome the hardships of trying to keep Union supplies on the move. His compelling memoir is unique in depicting the details of life in the Quartermaster Department.".
- catalog description "Family matters -- Growing up in Ohio -- Farming and college -- Frontier travel and Henry Clay -- Westward to Minnesota Territory -- The Crystal Palace exhibition -- Indian trouble in St. Paul -- Railroads and land -- Preparations for war -- The Chickahominy campaign -- The life of a Quartermaster -- Retreat with the Army of the Potomac -- With the Eleventh Corps -- At Bridgeport -- With General Hooker -- On to Atlanta -- The beginning of the end -- A western trip -- At Brainerd, Minnesota -- Commissioner of Agriculture -- At work as Commissioner.".
- catalog extent "xii, 167 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Recollections of a Civil War quartermaster.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Recollections of a Civil War quartermaster.".
- catalog issued "1963".
- catalog issued "[c1963]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "St. Paul, Minn., North Central Pub. Co.".
- catalog relation "Recollections of a Civil War quartermaster.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog subject "E601 .L4 1963".
- catalog subject "Le Duc, William Gates, 1823-1917.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Family matters -- Growing up in Ohio -- Farming and college -- Frontier travel and Henry Clay -- Westward to Minnesota Territory -- The Crystal Palace exhibition -- Indian trouble in St. Paul -- Railroads and land -- Preparations for war -- The Chickahominy campaign -- The life of a Quartermaster -- Retreat with the Army of the Potomac -- With the Eleventh Corps -- At Bridgeport -- With General Hooker -- On to Atlanta -- The beginning of the end -- A western trip -- At Brainerd, Minnesota -- Commissioner of Agriculture -- At work as Commissioner.".
- catalog title "Recollections of a Civil War quartermaster; the autobiography of William G. Le Duc.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
- catalog type "text".