From home guards to heroes the 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War community - Brandt, Dennis W. (University of Missouri Press, 2006)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index
Seeds -- Initial test : April-July 1861 -- Genesis -- The rank and file -- Commanders and their companies -- Discipline problems -- Desertion -- Mine Run, military law, and Andrew B. Smith -- South-central Pennsylvania and race -- Winter camp, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg -- Monocacy -- Final days of war -- Postwar politics and reunions -- Epilogue: Two tales of closure