Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays

The late Wayne Mahood was professor emeritus at State University of New York, Geneseo. The author of numerous books and articles on Civil War topics, he lived in Geneseo, New York.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. Sam Hays’s Son      2. “Alexander Is the Best Rider at West Point”      3. “There Is No Man Whom I Would More Highly Commend”: The Mexican War      4. “Have Not Yet Determined on a Profession”      5. “The Boys Wonder Why I Am Always Awake”: Colonel Alex Hays      6. “Still Distant from Richmond”: The Peninsula Campaign      7. “The Gallant Hays Is Badly Wounded”: Second Bull Run      8. Alex Hays Has “Triumphed”      9. “The Angel of Death Alone Can Produce Such a Field as Was Presented”: Gettysburg      10. “Annihilating Lee’s Forces by ‘Masterly Inactivity’”      11. “We Fought the Rebels—As Usual, Whipped Them”: Morton's Ford      12. “My Pathway Leads to Richmond or to the Grave”: The Army Reorganizes      13. Hays “Would Always Lead in Battle”: The Battle of the Wilderness      14. He Died in “Harness”: Memorials to “Fighting Elleck”      Appendix: Accusations of Drunkenness      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“well-written study”—Civil War News; “useful”—The NYMAS Review; “Alexander ‘Fighting Elleck’ Hays may never be fully understood, but this book helps bring him into focus and illustrates an important figure in the history of northwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, and the Civil War”—Western Pennsylvania History.