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Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword Robert K. Krick xi Introduction 1 1. “Our Gallant Little Florida Brigade”: Organization of the Second Florida Infantry Regiment 4 2. “Lavish of Blood”: The Battles of Seven Pines and Seven Days 12 3. “Five Times Our Colors Fell”: Second Bull Run and Antietam 29 4. “A Courage as Intrepid as That of Any Other”: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville 41 5. “The Green and Pleasant Valley of Pennsylvania”: The Route to Gettysburg 57 6. “Any Man Is Lucky That Comes Out Yet Alive”: The Battle of Gettysburg 65 7. “Unwept and Unhonored”: The Retreat from Pennsylvania 80 8. “Vain Dreams of Glory”: The Newspaper War to the End of 1863 87 9. “Bloodiest and Weirdest of Encounters”: The Battle of the Wilderness 97 10. “One Vast Golgotha”: Spotsylvania, North Anna, and the Arrival of Finegan 112 11. “Each One a Hero”: Sacrifice at Cold Harbor 126 12. “We Are Going to See the Elephant Show His Works”: The Siege of Petersburg 139 viii / Contents 13. “There Are Some True Men Left”: To Appomattox 169 14.Thereafter 184 Acknowledgments 195 Notes 201 Bibliography 233 Index 247 ...

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