A HISTORY OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS (73rd Illinois Infantry Regimental History)

Newlin, William Henry

Verlag: Regimental Reunion Association of Survivors of the 73rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, (Springfield, Ill), 1890

Beschreibung

SUBTITLED: Its Services and Experiences in Camp, on the March, on the Picket and Skirmish Lines, and in Many Battles of the War, 1861-1865. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 682 pgs, frontis, illustrations, portraits, unit roster. Original brown cloth, gilt stamped "The Preacher Regiment" on front cover, gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to covers and edges and with corners worn; interior frontis reattached, rear hinge repaired, else clean. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The unit was known as the "Persimmon Regiment" or the "Preacher's Regiment" due to the large number of recruited ministers; they engaged in numerous battles in the western theater, including: Battle of Perryville; Battle of Stone's River; Siege of Chattanooga; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Jonesboro; Battle of Franklin; and Battle of Nashville REFERENCES: DORN Ill 269; NEVINS I, pg 110: "Written jointly by three veterans; the narrative, presented in diary form, gives a good account of campaigning in Tennessee.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1022033

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A HISTORY OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF ...

Verlag: Regimental Reunion Association of Survivors of the 73rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, (Springfield, Ill)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition