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<p>A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad examines what occurred on a single afternoon to a brigade of Vermonters during the last year of the Civil War, and why it happened. Vermont, though a small, rural state, contributed far beyond its size and wealth to preserve the Union in the struggle of the Civil War. The worst moment and greatest sacrifice for Vermont was the disaster that befell the proud Vermont Brigade of the Army of the Potomac on June 23, 1864-forever Black Thursday in the Green Mountain State. Cowardliness, negligence and inept behavior by multiple officers resulted in the needless capture of more than four hundred Vermonters by the Confederates at the Petersburg & Weldon Railroad south of Petersburg, Virginia. The enlisted men were sent to Andersonville and later to other Confederate prisons where 60 percent of them perished. Many of the survivors came home mere wrecks of men. Exactly what occurred at the Weldon Railroad-what went wrong and who was to blame-is thoroughly examined for the first time. The Vermonters' Andersonville experience is studied to understand the cause of the lethal statistics, and the performance of the Confederate and Federal commanders i

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Author

Cross, David Faris, 1937-

Publisher

White Mane, 2003.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781572493322

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.1 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14