William Francis Bartlett

Richard A. Sauers is the director of the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs. He has written more than twenty books about the Civil War period. Martin H. Sable, a retired professor from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, lives in Mequon, Wisconsin.

“a fine work”—North & South; “for more than a century Bartlett’s legacy essentially disappeared. Luckily, authors Richard A. Sauers and Martin H. Sable have rescued this general’s memory through the publication of their eloquently written and superbly researched biography. The authors do an excellent job of placing Bartlett in the larger context of the war, but do not make the mistake of losing sight of their subject in discussions of strategy and tactics. Sauers and Sable are to be commended for this volume which rescues a true American hero from obscurity”—Civil War News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. “He Was Not a Close Student”: Prelude to War      2. “Captain Bartlett Is One of the Noblest Fellows”: The Harvard Regiment      3. “One of the Most Complete Slaughter Pens Ever Devised”: The Battle of Ball’s Bluff      4. “Our Regiment Met with the Greatest Loss”: The Road to Yorktown      5. “We Are Learning Subordination Without Complaining”: The 49th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry      6. “Oh, How Good Berkshire Water Would Sell Here”: The Department of the Gulf      7. “We Thought Him Too Brave a Man to Be Killed”: Port Hudson      8. “I Must Do the Best I Can”: Into the Wilderness with the 57th Massachusetts      9. “Danger of Being Hit Any Minute”: The Siege of Petersburg      10. “It Was Pandemonium Let Loose”: The Crater      11. “A Horrible Dream Which I Can Never Forget”: Prisoner of War      12. “I Think It Would Be Hard to Find Two Happier People”: War’s End      13. “United We Are Invincible”: The Postwar Years      14. “No Greater or Purer Hero”: Frank Bartlett’s Legacy      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index