A Broken Regiment recounts the tragic history of one of the Civil War's most ill-fated Union military units. Organized in the late summer of 1862; the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was unprepared for battle a month later; when it entered the fight at Antietam. The results were catastrophic: nearly a quarter of the men were killed or wounded; and Connecticut's 16th panicked and fled the field. In the years that followed; the regiment participated in minor skirmishes before surrendering en masse in North Carolina in 1864. Most of its members spent months in southern prison camps; including the notorious Andersonville stockade; where disease and starvation took the lives of over one hundred members of the unit.The struggles of the 16th led survivors to reflect on the true nature of their military experience during and after the war; and questions of cowardice and courage; patriotism and purpose; were often foremost in their thoughts. Over time; competing stories emerged of who they were; why they endured what they did; and how they should be remembered. By the end of the century; their collective recollections reshaped this troubling and traumatic past; and the "unfortunate regiment" emerged as "The Brave Sixteenth;" their individual memories and accounts altered to fit the more heroic contours of the Union victory.The product of over a decade of research; Lesley J. Gordon's A Broken Regiment illuminates this unit's complex history amid the interplay of various; and often competing; voices. The result is a fascinating and heartrending story of one regiment's wartime and postwar struggles.
#1503535 in Books Louisiana State University Press 2008-04-01 2008-04-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.49 x .40 x 5.47l; .41 #File Name: 0807133027144 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. thank God for men like John to stand up for something up for or something they believe in even if itis dangerous;just because itBy C H.It is a sad time in history when a man or woman is owned like livestock;beaten like a wild animal;but many slaves were;John was a brave slave who was very smart who escaped to freedom right under their noses. I am proud of those who run and made their escape to freedom. I total know what it's like to be like a slave in a similar manner; I have been beaten;cheated on;forced to pro-form sexual oral act against my will I was molested twice once by a pastor and another time when I was a teen when my granddad died ;and so I got an adopted grandpa;and he took me out to eat at nice restaurant every day with him before I went to work ;when we were in his car he put his hands up my dress and started touching me;i pushed him away and I said I got to get to work;after that I never spoke to him again;he died not too long after of some disease.anyway I am in extreme pain everyday because of my Ra and hips;knees;waists;fingers;shoulder etc; my bones are coming apart. I had 3 abusive husband's abusive father.of course I was never in chains. I feel for those people. I don't believe in slavery unless it is for murderer's; rapists;drug Lords;women beater;and men beater;child abusers ;porno people;etc.All men should be created equal except homosexuals they should be put in insane institutions;because there is something wrong with their minds;and they need o realize God created Adam and Eve to be one not Adam and Adam orEve and Eve .0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. From a Slave's PerspectiveBy KatIt's so great to read such a rare slave narrative from the Civil War period. It left me wanting more.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. John Washington's "Civil War"By CybermoorA good study of the war from the eyes of the watchers. While only some of the African population in our country fought in the American Civil War of the States; all were impacted by its outcome.
