From home guards to heroes the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community / [electronic resource] :
Dennis W. Brandt.
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- xx, 274 p. : ill., maps, ports.
- Shades of blue and gray series .
- Shades of blue and gray series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1865) United States. Army --Military life--History--19th century.
Pennsylvania--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865 Pennsylvania--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865 Pennsylvania--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865