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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Matteson, John, author.     Subjects     Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935.     Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.     Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.     Pelham, John, 1838-1863.     Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster), 1822-1862.     Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 -- Social aspects.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Matteson, John, author.       by title:      A worse place than h...         MARC Display

A worse place than hell : how the civil war battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation / John Matteson. by Matteson, John, author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] Subjects Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935.   Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.   Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.   Pelham, John, 1838-1863.   Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster), 1822-1862.   Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 -- Social aspects.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence. ISBN:  9780393247077 (hardcover) : 0393247074 (hardcover) : Description:  xvii, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm Edition:  First Edition. Contents:  The poet's son -- The blond artillerist -- Burnside's bridge and a Broadway bar -- An army in crisis -- A man of God -- "The most beautiful girl runner" -- "Beauty" and "Sallie" -- "Believe me, we shall never lick 'em" -- Caroline Street -- Pelham does first rate -- The stone wall -- Southbound trains -- "A worse place than hell" -- The prince of patients -- "Death itself has lost all its terrors" -- "Our fearful journey home" -- The song of the hermit thrush -- St. Patrick's Day, 1863 -- "The duty of fighting has ceased for me" -- "To act with enthusiasm and faith." Requests:  0 Summary:  "In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, John Pelham, and Arthur Fuller. Guided by duty, driven by desire, they moved toward lofty destinies: a young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by guardians of propriety, a struggling writer desperate to serve the cause and gain her philosopher father's admiration, a West Point cadet from Alabama excelling in artillery tactics, and a one-eyed minister seeking to prove his manhood. Because of what they saw and suffered, America, too, would never be the same."--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.733 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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