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The life of General Samuel K. Zook : another forgotten Union hero / A.M. Gambone.
- Title
- The life of General Samuel K. Zook : another forgotten Union hero / A.M. Gambone.
- Author
- Gambone, A. M. (Al M.)
- Publication
- Baltimore : Butternut and Blue, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E467.1.Z66 G36 1996x | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 270 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This text describes the military life of General Samuel Zook, a citizen soldier who contributed greatly to the Union cause. Early in the war he led the 57th New York Infantry, and later he commanded a brigade in Hancock's II Corps. The author examines Zook's crowning military moments at Fredericksburg, and when he defied orders at Gettysburg.
- Series Statement
- Army of the Potomac series ; v. 13
- Uniform Title
- Army of the Potomac series ; v. 13.
- Alternative Title
- If tomorrow night finds me dead.
- If tomorrow night finds me dead--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-257) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 'A date with destiny ... and distortion' -- ' ... The hugest of Pennsylvania profanity.' -- The peninsula campaign -- ' ... We might as well die here.' -- 'My God! My God! What will the country say!' -- 'Twas the martyred General Zook.' -- Letter from SKZ to his sister Elizabeth -- Zook's proposal to raise a regiment -- Letter from SKZ to his brother-in-law Captain Wayne -- Letter of recommendation for Zook -- Letter from SKZ to E.J. Wade, December 10, 1862 -- Letter from SKZ to E.J. Wade, December 16, 1862 -- Zook's lost battlefield report on Chancellorsville.
- ISBN
- 0935523537 (acid-free paper)
- OCLC
- 36004389
- SCSB-11342482
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library