Robert Grandchamp

The Boys of Adams' Battery G

The Civil War Through the Eyes of a Union Light Artillery Unit

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Produktbeschreibung

Raised from Rhode Island farmers and millworkers in the autumn of 1861, the Union soldiers of Battery G fought in such bloody conflicts as Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, and Cedar Creek. At the storming of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, seven cannoneers were awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the face of the enemy. This history captures the battlefield exploits of the "Boys of Hope" but also depicts camp life, emerging cannon technology, and the social events of the Civil War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780786444731
• ISBN-10: 0786444738
• Artikelnr.: 26221860

Autorenporträt

The author of 15 books on American military history, Robert Grandchamp lives in Jericho, Vermont, where he works as an analyst with the government.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Maps      viii
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Glenn Laxton     
Introduction     
1. Traditions     
2. Organization and Equipment     
3. Recruiting     
4. Duty on the Potomac     
5. The Peninsula     
6. "A Savage Continual Thunder"     
7. First Fredericksburg     
8. The Death Warrant     
9. Gettysburg     
10. Winter at Brandy     
11. Overland to Richmond     
12. Into the Valley     
13. Bloody Autumn     
14. Consolidation     
15. "The Forlorn Hope"     
16. Taps     
Appendix I: Roster of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery     
Appendix II: Roster of Attached Men     
Appendix III: Casualties of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery
           
Appendix IV: Enlistments by Town     
Appendix V: Occupations of Battery G Soldiers     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index