More Myths About Lee's Surrender

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Schroeder, Patrick A.

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Patrick a Schroeder

War 13 CHAP1ER II, Calling to Battle 23 CHAPTER III. Entering the Service 30 CHAPTER IV. On the March 37 CHAPTER V. AS oldier s Spirit 45 CHAPTER VI. Brother Jack 49 CHAPTER VII. Words of Patriotism 57 CHAPTER VIII. Notes on a March 63 CHAPTER IX. John in Service 66 CHAPTER X. AG allant Kinsman 69 CHAPTER XL Gettysburg 74 CHAPTER XII. Influence of Patriotism 81 CHAPTER XIII.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

The Fighting Quakers

Duganne, A. J.

Thirty Myths About Lee's Surrender

<p>Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, cover and spine stamped and decorated in gilt. Some markings to the cloth, but overall near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Map photographs and illustrations throughout. Roster, appendix, bibliography, index. Dust jacket is lightly worn at the extremities, with one closed tear at the top rear edge, and one similar closed tear to the front top edge which has been discreetly repaired on the inside with tape.</p>

We Came to Fight: The History of the 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Duryee's Zouaves (1863-1865)

No Northern state provided more men for the Union war effort than New York. In the early autumn of 1862, with the Federal armies hard-pressed by a determined foe, and ranks depleted by battle and disease, the Empire State answered the call for volunteers. The "Fifth Oneida" Regiment-the 146th New York Volunteer Infantry-was conceived with a sense of patriotic obligation. War was a grim business-casualty lists from the recent bloodbath at Antietam attested to that. With the unfamiliar heft of knapsack and musket, the blue clad men of the 146th departed for the front as so many thousands had before them. They were fortunate to learn the profession of arms under the stern tutelage of a veteran West Pointer, Colonel Kenner Garrard. He expected his volunteers to live up to the standards of the "Old Army," and the men from Oneida were proud to call themselves "Garrard's Tigers." These fledgling soldiers had much to prove. Their determination to acquit themselves with honor was given added impetus by their regiment's assignment to General Sykes' Division of the Army of the Potomac, a division largely comprised of U.S. Regulars. Colonel Garrard's 146th was attached to the division's lone volunteer brigade led by Colonel Gouverneur Warren-joining the 5th and 140th New York. The 5th, or Duryée's Zouaves, considered one of the army's finest regiments, were garbed in the exotic red and blue uniform of the French Zouaves. As the two-year term of service for the 5th expired in May 1863, more than 300 three-year recruits were transferred into the 146th. In the first week of June 1863, "Garrard's Tigers" received Zouave attire, and for the remainder of the war, fought and died wearing a light blue, yellow-trimmed Zouave uniform based on that worn by the French "Turcos." The 146th New York took part in the defense of Gettysburg's Little Round Top-their dress made them conspicuous on that strategic, boulder-strewn summit. In January 1864, both the 140th New York and 155th Pennsylvania were also issued distinctive variations of the Zouave uniform-thus with the 146th, formed the Fifth Corps' Zouave Brigade. Later reinforced by the 5th New York Veteran Zouaves, the colorful brigade endured the trials and tribulations of the Army of the Potomac to the bitter end at Appomattox. With the regimental pride and expectations of battlefield glory that the Zouave uniform evoked, there came a price to be paid in blood. For the 146th and rest of the Zouave Brigade, that grim reckoning came on May 5, 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness. No survivor could ever forget the fury and desperation of their doomed charge across Saunders Field, one of the few open parcels of ground amidst the scrub and underbrush of that hellish battlefield. The 146th was particularly hard hit; their loss of 312 men-65 of them fatally injured-was the second highest toll of any Federal regiment in the battle. Their dead included Colonel David T. Jenkins and Major Henry H. Curran-their bodies consumed in the holocaust of flame. The subsequent engagements at Spotsylvania, North Anna and Cold Harbor; the Siege of Petersburg with its series of fights for control of the Weldon Railroad, and the final climactic battles at White Oak Road and Five Forks, claimed the lives of 53 more men of the 146th, with many others crippled by wounds or illness. "Garrard's Tigers" passed through their ordeal with dignity and honor-often thwarted, but ultimately victorious. This book is a heartfelt tribute to the deeds and valor of the 146th. New Material and Preface by Patrick A. Schroeder. Foreword by Brian C. Pohanka. The book is 768 pages with 155 new photographs and biographical sketches. Over 200 photos. The book is hardcover with a colorful dust jacket.

Campaigns of the 146th Regiment New York State Volunteers

Brainard, Mary G.

The letters of Milton McJunkin are unique and insightful in several ways. His regiment, the 85th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and its wartime service was atypical of the majority of Civil War units. That organization had the distinction of serving in both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. These letters thus provide a different view of the war than the average Army of the Potomac soldier. McJunkin and his comrades served their time around Washington and saw action on the Peninsula at Williamsburg and Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). But they also participated in expeditions to Suffolk, VA, and to Goldsboro, NC. In the latter campaign the regiment provided a reliable backbone for General Foster's force, creating a diversion in favor of General Burnside in Virginia, Foster's men slashed into North Carolina. The 85th fought at White Hall, Kinston, and outside of Goldsboro. Boarding steamers at Moorehead City, they proceeded to South Carolina to spend more than a year in operations against Charleston. While the Army of the Potomac was spilling blood on the 85th's native soil, the boys of western Pennsylvania were consecrating the sands of the South Carolina islands--in one week of siege operations against Fort Wagner on Morris Island, the regiment lost 120 men. Upon returning to Virginia in May 1864, the regiment was part of General Butler's ill-fated operations in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, and then in the siege of Richmond and Petersburg. The 85th was distinguished in the Battle of Deep Bottom, where three of its soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their deeds of valor. Although November 1864 signaled the end of the regiment's service, a portion of the men had re-enlisted as veteran volunteers. These soldiers carried on and were among the force that cut off Lee's escape route at Appomattox. McJunkin's letters permit us to observe the inevitable evolution of the hardy and boastful recruit to the wearied veteran. If one wants to know what was truly going through the minds of these fighting men, read his letter of Jan. 17, 1864. Sadly, Mcjunkin's one furlough home proved to be his last. Initially healthy and hardy, he was fated to perish not by bullet or shell, but rather a victim of disease. The reader feels his plight. McJunkin dies with less than a month left to serve. It is truly a shame that McJunkin met his demise before the completion of his term of service. The humorous content of some of his letters, leads one to believe that he was of likeable nature, and probably a favorite around camp. This work is an apt tribute to a noble spirit and fine soldier as well commemorating the reputation of a gallant and hard fighting regiment from western Pennsylvania. Complementing the text, are nearly 60 photographs of McJunkin's comrades with military biographical sketches. After McJunkin's letters is a summary of the regiment's field service in "The Deeds and Sacrifices of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania." Then there is an accolade concerning the flag of the regiment, and the postwar handling of the sacred emblem. The book has been indexed, thus making it a useful resource to the reader. The book has 216 pages, 63 photos and sketches and a post-war roster.

The Bloody 85th: The Letters of Milton McJunkin, a Western Pennsylvania Soldier in the Civil War

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