Last to Leave the Field: The Life and Letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Contents

Contents Foreword xi Peter S. Carmichael, Series Editor Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Editorial Method xxiii 1. “Independence Still Lives”: From North Bridgewater to Philadelphia, May 21, 1840–July 28, 1861 3 2. “We Are Not Without Our Sport”: Guarding the Potomac, July 28, 1861–February 24, 1862 19 3. “We All Supposed the Time for Chewing Cartridges Had Come”: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign, February 24– September 1, 1862 63 4. “Baltimore Is a Slumbering Volcano”: Melville Hayward in Baltimore, May 25–September 5, 1862 87 5. “I Have Seen Death in Every Shape”: The Maryland Campaign, September 1– December 29, 1862 93 6. “These Are America’s Dark Days”: Winter Quarters, December 29, 1862–April 27, 1863 125 7. “Last to Leave the Field”: The Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27–May 23, 1863 137 8. “I Have Done My Duty in the Last Great Contest”: The Pennsylvania Campaign, May 23–September 24, 1863 147 9. “If a Battle, Let it Begin with the Riseing of the Sun”: The Chattanooga Campaign, September 24, 1863– January 10, 1864 175 10. “The White Starr Shines in Philadelphia”: Veteran Furlough, January 10–May 3, 1864 203 11. “Carrieing the War into Africa”: The Atlanta Campaign, May 3–June 19, 1864 219 Epilogue: “At His Country’s Call” 237 Notes 241 Bibliography 303 Index 307 Figures Following page 116 First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward Colonel John White Geary Lieutenant Colonel Hector Tyndale First Lieutenant Joseph W. Hammar First Sergeant Edwin F. Paul Sergeant Edward Pepper Color Sergeant Jacob George Orth Sergeant William H. Hiles Major Lansford Foster Chapman Captain John Hornbuckle Flynn Corporal Henry C. Fithian Sergeant John Oppell Foering Sergeant Henry Shadel Battle of Pine Knob Veterans of the 28th Pennsylvania First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward’s Grave Marker Maps The Battle of Bolivar Heights, October 16, 1861 23 The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 97 The Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 150 The Battle of Taylor’s Ridge, November 27, 1863 180 The Battle of Dug Gap, May 8, 1864 220 The Battle of Pine Knob, June 15, 1864 224 ...