A Quaker Officer in the Civil War: Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540232250)

When the call went out in 1862 for volunteers for Delaware's 4th Infantry Regiment, a number of men from prominent Quaker families came forward to fight for the Union. Deeply patriotic and strongly opposed to slavery, they served with distinction in some of the later campaigns of the Civil War, from Cold Harbor through Appomattox. Among them was Henry Gawthrop. Commissioned a first lieutenant in Company F, he saw action during the Siege of Petersburg and at the Battle of Five Forks. Fifty years after the war, he drew on his diary and letters from the war years to create a unique memoir that is among the most comprehensive and detailed of any Delaware Civil War veteran. This is his story.

Author: Justin Carisio
ISBN-10: 1540232255
ISBN-13: 9781540232250
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 162
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d