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America's corporal

Marten, James Alan.

America's corporal James Tanner in war and peace / [electronic resource] : James Marten. - Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Uncivil wars . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue: no regrets -- The war hit me and hit me hard: Jimmie Tanner's Civil War -- Living with disability: Jim Tanner reinvents himself -- Brooklyn days: becoming Corporal Tanner -- God help the surplus: Corporal Tanner and Civil War pensions -- The most celebrated GAR man in the world: legacies -- Epilogue and conclusion: the footless ghost.

ISBN: 9780820343228 0820343226

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tanner, James, 1844-1927.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1862)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Veterans--United States--Biography.
Amputees--United States--Biography.
Disabled veterans--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--New York (State)--Schoharie County--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cobleskill (N.Y.)--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E523.5 87th / .M38 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 362.4086/97092 B