Marching with the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary

by August Scherneckau

Book Overview

August Scherneckau's diary is the most important firsthand account of the Civil War by a Nebraska soldier that has yet come to light. A German immigrant, Scherneckau served with the First Nebraska Volunteers from 1862 through 1865. Depicting the unit's service in Missouri, Arkansas, and Nebraska Territory, he offers detail, insight, and literary quality matched by few other accounts of the Civil War in the West. His observations provide new perspective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141204
• ISBN13: 9780806141206
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.2"