Overview
"""Follow the Colors"" is a new in-depth and at times, ground-breaking study that shows what the average Civil War soldier experienced and suffered through. While the emphasis of this book is on the men from Monroe County, Ohio, the experiences, and anguishes they encountered is similar to that of all of the three million-plus men who fought in the Civil War. Included are never before published details on where and what these men and boys did throughout all four years of the conflict and all four seasons. These men were certainly not ""Sunshine Patriots."" From the rigors of their experiences, so many of them suffered they would carry for the rest of their lives, and many had their lives cut short because of the mental and physical severity of their sufferings. All their injuries were experienced in an era before the nature of germs and infection were understood and well before sterilization was even thought of. As for mental stress, that was never considered. The very idea of ""Post-Traumatic-Stress-Syndrome"" was not a consideration; indeed, it would not even become an operational diagnosis until 1980. Front Cover Picture, Volume II""Battery H of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery in action at ""The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia"" on June 2 and 3, 1864."
Full Product Details
Author: Mark E Haselberger
Publisher: McClure Publishing, Inc.
Imprint: McClure Publishing, Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.916kg
ISBN: 9798985396799
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 10 July 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Mr. Mark E. Haselberger has been a military historian with an emphasis on the Civil War since 1952 when he was a youngster of just 12 years old.He served in the United States Air Force and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. Following his service, he earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and became a teacher of history at Swiss Hills Career Center Vocational School, Woodsfield, Ohio, for nearly 10 years and then worked for the United States Post Office, retiring after 28 years.He has extensively studied military history throughout his life and done comprehensive research on the Civil War with an emphasis on the men from Monroe County, Ohio, by spending many hours in archives and libraries, tracking down and collecting records, diaries, photographs, and interviewing decedents of soldiers.He has written many and extensive articles for local and national publications on history and particularly the Civil War.
