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The Class of 1861, Kirshner, West Point, Military Hist, Custer, Ames, Civil War
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- Features
- Paperback, Photographs
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- Yes
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- No
- Type
- History, Autobiography
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- Era
- 1800s
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- English
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Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
080932850X
ISBN-13
9780809328505
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Book Title
Class of 1861 : Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Military / General, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
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Yes
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Biography & Autobiography, History
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Perfect
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9 in
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"Even in our unsentimental time there remains something romantic and glamorous about rising to be a general officer while in one's mid-twenties, and that sense of romance permeates this book."--Russell F. Weigley in the Journal of Southern History "For anyone interested in late-nineteenth-century history or in the effect war has on men's lives, The Class of 1861 should not be missed."-- Military History of the West "Ralph Kirshner captures the exciting and thought-provoking stories of selected classmates as their character is tested in the fiery crucible of the Civil War. Equally important is the attention given to certain of the classmates' postwar careers as politicians, soldiers, explorers, diplomats, and engineers."--Edwin Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service, 0;[Ralph Kirshner] has exhaustively mined a rich archival lode on the class of 7;61. The result is a first-rate book.1;2;Robert K. Krick, author of "Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain" and "Lee7;s Colonels", "[Ralph Kirshner] has exhaustively mined a rich archival lode on the class of '61. The result is a first-rate book."-Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain and Lee's Colonels, "Even in our unsentimental time there remains something romantic and glamorous about rising to be a general officer while in one's mid-twenties, and that sense of romance permeates this book."--Russell F. Weigley in the" Journal of Southern History" "" "For anyone interested in late-nineteenth-century history or in the effect war has on men's lives, "The Class of 1861 "should not be missed."--"Military History of the West" "" "Ralph Kirshner captures the exciting and thought-provoking stories of selected classmates as their character is tested in the fiery crucible of the Civil War. Equally important is the attention given to certain of the classmates' postwar careers as politicians, soldiers, explorers, diplomats, and engineers."--Edwin Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service, "Authors of Civil War books all too often ignore a large proportion of the vast original sources that bear on their subject. Ralph Kirshner, however, has exhaustively mined a rich archival lode on the class of '61. The result is a first-rate book."--Robert K. Krick, author of "Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain" and "Lee's Colonels", "[Ralph Kirshner] has exhaustively mined a rich archival lode on the class of '61. The result is a first-rate book."--Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain and Lee's Colonels, Even in our unsentimental time there remains something romantic and glamorous about rising to be a general officer while in one's mid-twenties, and that sense of romance permeates this book."—Russell F. Weigley in the Journal of Southern History For anyone interested in late-nineteenth-century history or in the effect war has on men's lives, The Class of 1861 should not be missed."— Military History of the West Ralph Kirshner captures the exciting and thought-provoking stories of selected classmates as their character is tested in the fiery crucible of the Civil War. Equally important is the attention given to certain of the classmates' postwar careers as politicians, soldiers, explorers, diplomats, and engineers."—Edwin Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service, "Even in our unsentimental time there remains something romantic and glamorous about rising to be a general officer while in one's mid-twenties, and that sense of romance permeates this book."-Russell F. Weigley in the Journal of Southern History "For anyone interested in late-nineteenth-century history or in the effect war has on men's lives, The Class of 1861 should not be missed."- Military History of the West "Ralph Kirshner captures the exciting and thought-provoking stories of selected classmates as their character is tested in the fiery crucible of the Civil War. Equally important is the attention given to certain of the classmates' postwar careers as politicians, soldiers, explorers, diplomats, and engineers."-Edwin Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service, "This well-illustrated, tautly written gem of a volume deserves to be on the shelf of all Civil War readers."-- Washington Times, This well-illustrated, tautly written gem of a volume deserves to be on the shelf of all Civil War readers."— Washington Times, "This well-illustrated, tautly written gem of a volume deserves to be on the shelf of all Civil War readers."- Washington Times, 0;Even in our unsentimental time there remains something romantic and glamorous about rising to be a general officer while in one7;s mid-twenties, and that sense of romance permeates this book.1;2;Russell F. Weigley in the" Journal of Southern History" "" 0;For anyone interested in late-nineteenth-century history or in the effect war has on men7;s lives, "The Class of 1861 "should not be missed.1;2;"Military History of the West" "" 0;Ralph Kirshner captures the exciting and thought-provoking stories of selected classmates as their character is tested in the fiery crucible of the Civil War. Equally important is the attention given to certain of the classmates7; postwar careers as politicians, soldiers, explorers, diplomats, and engineers.1;2;Edwin Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service, [Ralph Kirshner] has exhaustively mined a rich archival lode on the class of '61. The result is a first-rate book."—Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain and Lee's Colonels, 0;This well-illustrated, tautly written gem of a volume deserves to be on the shelf of all Civil War readers.1;2;"Washington"" Times"
Synopsis
George Armstrong Custer wrote about his friend Pierce Manning Butler Young, who left West Point to become a Confederate general: "I remember a conversation held at the table at which I sat during the winter of '60-'61. I was seated next to Cadet P. M. B. Young, a gallant young fellow, a classmate of mine, then and since the war an intimate and valued friend--a major-general in the Confederate forces during the war and a member of Congress from his native State [Georgia] at a later date. The approaching war was as usual the subject of conversation in which all participated, and in the freest and most friendly manner. . . . Finally, in a half jocular, half earnest manner, Young turned to me and delivered himself as follows: 'Custer, my boy, we're going to have war. It's no use talking: I see it coming. All the Crittenden compromises that can be patched up won't avert it. Now let me prophesy what will happen to you and me. You will go home, and your abolition Governor will probably make you colonel of a cavalry regiment. I will go down to Georgia, and ask Governor Brown to give me a cavalry regiment. And who knows but we may move against each other during the war. . . .' Lightly as we both regarded this boyish prediction, it was destined to be fulfilled in a remarkable degree." Ralph Kirshner has provided a richly illustrated forum to enable the West Point class of 1861 to write its own autobiography. Through letters, journals, and published accounts, George Armstrong Custer, Adelbert Ames, and their classmates tell in their own words of their Civil War battles and of their varied careers after the war. Two classes graduated from West Point in 1861 because of Lincoln's needof lieutenants, forty-five cadets in Ames's class in May and thirty-four in Custer's class in June. The cadets range from Henry Algernon du Pont, first in the class of May, whose ancestral home is now Winterthur Garden, to Custer, last in the class of June. "Only thirty-four graduated," remarked Custer, "and of these thirty-three graduated above me." West Point's mathematics professor and librarian Oliver Otis Howard, after whom Howard University is named, is also portrayed. Other famous names from the class of 1861 are John Pelham, Emory Upton, Thomas L. Rosser, John Herbert Kelly (the youngest general in the Confederacy when appointed), Patrick O'Rorke (head of the class of June), Alonzo Cushing, Peter Hains, Edmund Kirby, John Adair (the only deserter in the class), and Judson Kilpatrick (great-grandfather of Gloria Vanderbilt). They describe West Point before the Civil War, the war years, including the Vicksburg campaign and the battle of Gettysburg, the courage and character of classmates, and the ending of the war. Kirshner also highlights postwar lives, including Custer at Little Bighorn; Custer's rebel friend Rosser; John Whitney Barlow, who explored Yellowstone; du Pont, senator and author; Kilpatrick, playwright and diplomat; Orville E. Babcock, Grant's secretary until his indictment in the "Whiskey Ring"; Pierce M. B. Young, a Confederate general who became a diplomat; Hains, the only member of the class to serve on active duty in World War I; and Upton, "the class genius." The book features eighty-three photographs of all but one of the graduates and some of the nongraduates. Kirshner includes an appendix entitled "Roll Call," which discusses theircontributions and lists them according to rank in the class. George A. Plimpton provides a foreword about his great-grandfather, Adelbert Ames-Reconstruction governor of Mississippi and the last surviving Civil War general-and President Kennedy., Ralph Kirshner has provided a richly illustrated forum to enable the West Point class of 1861 to write its own autobiography. Through letters, journals, and published accounts, George Armstrong Custer, Adelbert Ames, and their classmates tell in their own words of their Civil War battles and of their varied careers after the war.Two classes graduated from West Point in 1861 because of Lincoln's need of lieutenants: forty-five cadets in Ames's class in May and thirty-four in Custer's class in June. The cadets range from Henry Algernon du Pont, first in the class of May, whose ancestral home is now Winterthur Garden, to Custer, last in the class of June. Only thirty-four graduated, remarked Custer, and of these thirty-three graduated above me. West Point's mathematics professor and librarian Oliver Otis Howard, after whom Howard University is named, is also portrayed.Other famous names from the class of 1861 are John Pelham, Emory Upton, Thomas L. Rosser, John Herbert Kelly (the youngest general in the Confederacy when appointed), Patrick O'Rorke (head of the class of June), Alonzo Cushing, Peter Hains, Edmund Kirby, John Adair (the only deserter in the class), and Judson Kilpatrick (great-grandfather of Gloria Vanderbilt). They describe West Point before the Civil War, the war years, including the Vicksburg campaign and the battle of Gettysburg, the courage and character of classmates, and the ending of the war.Kirshner also highlights postwar lives, including Custer at Little Bighorn; Custer's rebel friend Rosser; John Whitney Barlow, who explored Yellowstone; du Pont, senator and author; Kilpatrick, playwright and diplomat; Orville E. Babcock, Grant's secretary until his indictment in the "Whiskey Ring"; Pierce M. B. Young, a Confederate general who became a diplomat; Hains, the only member of the class to serve on active duty in World War I; and Upton, "the class genius.""The Class of 1861," which features eighty-three photographs, includes a foreword by George Plimpton, editor of "the" "Paris Review" and great-grandson of General Adelbert Ames.""", Ralph Kirshner has provided a richly illustrated forum to enable the West Point class of 1861 to write its own autobiography. Through letters, journals, and published accounts, George Armstrong Custer, Adelbert Ames, and their classmates tell in their own words of their Civil War battles and of their varied careers after the war. Two classes graduated from West Point in 1861 because of Lincoln's need of lieutenants: forty-five cadets in Ames's class in May and thirty-four in Custer's class in June. The cadets range from Henry Algernon du Pont, first in the class of May, whose ancestral home is now Winterthur Garden, to Custer, last in the class of June. "Only thirty-four graduated," remarked Custer, "and of these thirty-three graduated above me." West Point's mathematics professor and librarian Oliver Otis Howard, after whom Howard University is named, is also portrayed. Other famous names from the class of 1861 are John Pelham, Emory Upton, Thomas L. Rosser, John Herbert Kelly (the youngest general in the Confederacy when appointed), Patrick O'Rorke (head of the class of June), Alonzo Cushing, Peter Hains, Edmund Kirby, John Adair (the only deserter in the class), and Judson Kilpatrick (great-grandfather of Gloria Vanderbilt). They describe West Point before the Civil War, the war years, including the Vicksburg campaign and the battle of Gettysburg, the courage and character of classmates, and the ending of the war. Kirshner also highlights postwar lives, including Custer at Little Bighorn; Custer's rebel friend Rosser; John Whitney Barlow, who explored Yellowstone; du Pont, senator and author; Kilpatrick, playwright and diplomat; Orville E. Babcock, Grant's secretary until his indictment in the "Whiskey Ring"; Pierce M. B. Young, a Confederate general who became a diplomat; Hains, the only member of the class to serve on active duty in World War I; and Upton, "the class genius." The Class of 1861 , which features eighty-three photographs, includes a foreword by George Plimpton, editor of the Paris Review and great-grandson of General Adelbert Ames.
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