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Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers Paperback – July 20, 2019

by Rufus R. Dawes (Author)
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    376 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Alpha Editions
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    July 20, 2019
  5. Dimensions
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    9353805082
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alpha Editions (July 20, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9353805082
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9353805081
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.84 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 517 ratings

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Nik
5.0 out of 5 stars great read. Very detailed and informative.
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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Unbelievable description of what actually happened in the day to day life of these incredibly brave, young soldiers. I did not want to put the book down.
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4.0 out of 5 stars In the field
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2023
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Well written and accurate memoir of service to the country as a member of the famed Iron Brigade. Three years of hard fighting with many, many dying.
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Thomas E. McKiernan
5.0 out of 5 stars what a great book.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2022
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I really enjoy reading biographies of people who fought in the Civil War, their teachers must’ve been excellent, because the prose is always very good. The content, however, is presented so well that it outshines any grammatical errors there might be. Just the idea that you’re reading the first hand account of someone who was at, for example, the battle of the wilderness is, I think a wonderful thing. What a great book
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G. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Though I am not yet finished with the book, it is excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019
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I'm a third of the way through it and based on what I've read so far, I highly recommend it. I've read many books on the civil war but this one seems to bring home the stunning battle losses. That these soldiers of the Iron Brigade, and others, forced themselves into line and advance against opposing forces who were equally determined, is, frankly, incomprehensible. Yet they did it. Dawes writes about it concisely without understatement or embellishment. I'm certain that the remainder of the book shall be even more rewarding to read and will help me better grasp what they did back then, paying in blood and sweat to establish the meaning of America.
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Gary J
4.0 out of 5 stars Experience the war with the Sixth Wisconsin
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019
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The story is through the eyes of R R Dawes. I liked the factual account from the commanding officer of an infantry unit. It would help to have a map of the area with you as you read. That would enable you to follow the troop movements a lot easier. Over all the book gave a real feel for the hardships of the Civil War without over dramatization.
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Lance K. Mertz
5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid descriptions, personal and revealing, but also very well researched for what it is
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2019
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This is not a scholarly tomb. It is an autobiographical story of a citizen soldier who heeded the call of his country and served in the bloodiest battles of the war. He was a passionate abolitionist, a loyal friend and a great soldier. The stories are vivid and battles told as honestly as he can given his limited view. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to study being an officer in any form or even a leader in business. I would compare it to Killer Angels in that regard. A great companion to this is Grant's autobiography, which covered the war from a completely different viewpoint, but also is a very good study in the art of warfare.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Focuses on life in the army during the Civil War
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019
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It was an interesting book but it was difficult for me to get through it. Most of the battles the author fought through were described in general terms and not very exciting to read about. It was interesting to read about life during the Civil War which was more of the focus of his letters. He writes mostly of his travels, life in the army, and his family. It was interesting that, even though he was from Wisconsin, traveled to Ohio to see relatives where I live. It was historically interesting.
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Richard J. Whitaker
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent primary source on the Civil War
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2019
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For years I read and re-read historian Bruce Catton's trilogy about the Army of The Potomac. I was always fascinated by his focus on the Iron Brigade in the first two volumes, "Mr. Lincoln's Army" and "Glory Road." "Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers" is the war memoir of Rufus Dawes, the commander of one of the original regiments of the Iron Brigade. Dawes fills-in Catton's framework in ways that only a first-person account can. Even without the Catton trilogy's background "Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers" is not hard to read. In many places it is hard to put down. Details of the Iron Brigade's battles are well-written. Descriptions are graphic. Surprisingly, latter nineteenth century American English is easily understandable and not at all difficult, a tribute to Dawes's style. Set into the framework of the overall history of the Army of the Potomac, his memoir is like a time-capsule. Generals make up some of the characters but the real story here is about soldiers and officers: lieutenants, captains, majors and colonels, camp life in the army, their frustrations, their sense of pride, and the reason they fought. Anyone with good basic knowledge of the Civil War and the Union army will enjoy this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Too many lives lost on both sides of the conflict. Are we heading for a repeat in a divided US.
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2019
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A well written book from the North's perspective by an actual soldier.
I liked the format of using actual letters written to friends and family as the basis of the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading.
Reviewed in Australia on October 26, 2019
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Clear & down to earth. Honestly factual without embellishment, nor flights of retorical bs. A soldiers book, for once with credible manhood & of high morality. I recommend it to every man, adult or younger.
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