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- catalog abstract ""The Civil War, however, the major event of Willcox's life, is the focus of this book. Whether Willcox was on the field at Bull Run, within the confines of Libby Prison, at dinner with President Lincoln, or desperately defending Fort Stedman against Lee's effort to break the siege at Petersburg, through his recollections we are able to view history as it was being made through the eyes of one who lived it."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11341916.
- catalog contributor b11341917.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The Civil War, however, the major event of Willcox's life, is the focus of this book. Whether Willcox was on the field at Bull Run, within the confines of Libby Prison, at dinner with President Lincoln, or desperately defending Fort Stedman against Lee's effort to break the siege at Petersburg, through his recollections we are able to view history as it was being made through the eyes of one who lived it."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The boyhood of "Captain Potato" -- West Point: "no gate of Heaven" -- Under Winfield Scott in Mexico -- Journal entries: October-December 1849, Detroit to Jefferson barracks -- Roaming the Great Plains -- Reminiscences of the Washingtons and early Boston -- The Anthony Burns riot -- The last Seminole war -- The coming of the war storm -- On to Washington -- The taking of Alexandria -- The Battle of Manassas -- Touring Southern prisons -- Letters: August 18, 1861-August 16, 1862 -- South Mountain and Antietam -- The Battle of Fredericksburg: "My only object is to do right" -- Kentcky and Indiana operations, 1863: "a war of giants" -- Campaigns in East Tennessee -- Remembrances of U.S. Grant -- The wilderness to cold harbor -- Petersburg: "if anything is lacking, it is in me" -- Gnawing into the heart of the Confederacy -- Journals and letters: December 4, 1864-March 21, 1865 -- Fort Stedman -- The final assaults: "the army of Northern Virginia is no more" -- Conclusion: the postwar years -- Appendix A: Notes and journal of Capt. Ira C. Abbott relating to the First Battle of Bull Run, with comments by Orlando B. Willcox -- Appendix B: Report of Maj. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox regarding the Battle of Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 720 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Forgotten valor.".
- catalog identifier "0873386280 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Forgotten valor.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Forgotten valor.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/3/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E467.1.W715 A4 1999".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Biography.".
- catalog subject "Willcox, Orlando B.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The boyhood of "Captain Potato" -- West Point: "no gate of Heaven" -- Under Winfield Scott in Mexico -- Journal entries: October-December 1849, Detroit to Jefferson barracks -- Roaming the Great Plains -- Reminiscences of the Washingtons and early Boston -- The Anthony Burns riot -- The last Seminole war -- The coming of the war storm -- On to Washington -- The taking of Alexandria -- The Battle of Manassas -- Touring Southern prisons -- Letters: August 18, 1861-August 16, 1862 -- South Mountain and Antietam -- The Battle of Fredericksburg: "My only object is to do right" -- Kentcky and Indiana operations, 1863: "a war of giants" -- Campaigns in East Tennessee -- Remembrances of U.S. Grant -- The wilderness to cold harbor -- Petersburg: "if anything is lacking, it is in me" -- Gnawing into the heart of the Confederacy -- Journals and letters: December 4, 1864-March 21, 1865 -- Fort Stedman -- The final assaults: "the army of Northern Virginia is no more" -- Conclusion: the postwar years -- Appendix A: Notes and journal of Capt. Ira C. Abbott relating to the First Battle of Bull Run, with comments by Orlando B. Willcox -- Appendix B: Report of Maj. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox regarding the Battle of Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865.".
- catalog title "Forgotten valor : the memoirs, journals, and Civil War letters of Orlando B. Willcox / edited by Robert Garth Scott.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
- catalog type "text".