This Day We Marched Again Summary

The Civil War: A Force of Nature In reading the books, “This Day We Marched Again: The Civil War Diary of Jacob Haas” and “A Rough Introduction to This Sunny Land: The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry,” readers are casted into the war torn south. Both diaries are first hand accounts of what the Civil War was really like for the enlisted soldiers of the Union. In this essay, the diaries will be analyzed to determine how the war affected the two men and their companies. The main points of analysis will review the war strategies used by Haas and Strong’s companies, the attitudes held by the Confederates and Yankee soldiers, and negative and positive circumstances that ultimately led to the defeat of the Confederate army. The first account to be examined is Jacob Haas’ diary. Jacob Haas was a twenty-two-year-old enlistee of the Sheboygan Tigers, a company composed of German immigrants. Hass’ company later became Company A of the Ninth WIsconsin Infantry Regiment. The men of Company A saw combat in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory. Haas voluntarily enlisted into the Sheboygan Tigers on September 17th, 1861. (p. 20). A common strategy performed by Company A was to hide their artillery in the woods as presented on page 40, …show more content…
As previously mentioned, the Union repeatedly set communities ablaze. This benefited them by causing the rebels to constantly have to pull back and compromising their supplies. The fact that many towns were deserted or only inhabited by the women and children proved to be beneficial to their success by allowing the soldiers to seek shelter when available, as well as allowing them to receive food and fresh water when available. Finally, transportation was largely responsible for the victorious outcome of the Union. Transportation allowed the men to receive the necessary supplies in war