Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment (Classic Reprint)

Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment (Classic Reprint)
Author: John G. B. Adams
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780267829866
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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment For thirty-four years I have waited patiently for some one to Write a history of the 19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, but fearing that it may never be accomplished, I have concluded to send out this story. I do not dignify it by calling it a history. It is simply a soldier's story, told by one of the boys. Most of it is written from memory. The account of prison life is taken from an imperfect diary, kept by the writer while a prisoner of war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cayuga in the Field

Cayuga in the Field
Author: Henry Hall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1873
Genre: Cayuga County (N.Y.)
ISBN:
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Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 19th Infantry Regiment

Historical Sketch & Roster of the Alabama 19th Infantry Regiment
Author: John C. Rigdon
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781514376102
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The 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Huntsville, 14 August 1861, It was ordered to Mobile immediately and remained there about three months, then was at Pensacola for two weeks. Ordered to Corinth, the 19th was brigaded under General Gladden of Louisiana, with the 22nd, 25th, and 50th regiments, and after Shiloh, the 17th Battalion, Sharpshooters, and the 39th regiment. There were few casualties at Missionary Ridge, and the 19th wintered at Dalton. In the almost incessant fighting from there to Atlanta, the regiment lost heavily in casualties, particularly at new Hope and near Marietta. The brigade, under the command of General Johnston of Perry, the 19th was badly cut up in the battles at Atlanta on 22 and 28 July. Losses were slight at Jonesboro. At the Battle of Franklin, the 19th lost only a few to battle wounds, but many were captured. It went to North Carolina and was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville, losing heavily in the latter affair. Then consolidated with the 40th and 46th Alabama regiments at Salisbury (with M. L. Woods as colonel and Ezekiel Gully of Sumter as lt. colonel), the 19th surrendered at that place, 76 strong. Companies Of The Alabama 19th Infantry Regiment Co. "A," Pickens Rough and Readys (Pickens): George R. Kimbrough (promoted to Lt. Col.); Robert J. Healy (KIA, Murfreesboro); Dyer C. Hodo (wounded, Atlanta) Co. "B," Blount Continentals (Blount): William R. D. McKenzie (KIA, Corinth); William R. Trice (resigned, 20 July 1863); Hugh L. Houston (KIA, Atlanta) Co. "C," Jefferson Warriors (Jefferson): William F. Hanby (wounded, Shiloh) Co. "D," Jake Curry Guards (Cherokee): William P. Hollingsworth (transferred to General Ed. D. Tracy's staff); Edward Thornton (KIA, Jonesboro); Benjamin L. Archer Co. "E," Cherokee Guards (Cherokee): William E. Kirkpatrick (resigned, 17 Feb 62); Marvel M. Israel (wounded, Chickamauga; died, 8 April 64); Thomas J. Williamson (wounded, Atlanta) Co. "F," Davis Guards (Cherokee): Rufus B. Rhea (resigned, 7 Sept 63); Samuel M. J. Howard Co. "G," Cherokee Mountaineers (Cherokee): Jackson Millsaps (resigned, 31 July 62); John N. Barry (dismissed, 23 April 64); James H. Leath (wounded, Atlanta) Co. "H," Cherokees (Cherokee): Joseph L. Cunningham (transferred to General Naglee's staff); Samuel B. Echols (resigned, 3 Sept 64; William B. Tripps; Samuel Marshall Co. "I," Cherokee Rangers (Cherokee): James H. Savage (promoted to Major) Co. "K," Blount Guards (Blount): James H. Skinner (retired, 1 July 62); Solomon Palmer (promoted to Major); Nathaniel J. Venable (KIA, Marietta); James K. Duffee

The Little Regiment

The Little Regiment
Author: Stephen Crane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1896
Genre:
ISBN:
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Freedom by the Sword

Freedom by the Sword
Author: William A. Dobak
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1510720227
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The Civil War changed the United States in many ways—economic, political, and social. Of these changes, none was more important than Emancipation. Besides freeing nearly four million slaves, it brought agricultural wage labor to a reluctant South and gave a vote to black adult males in the former slave states. It also offered former slaves new opportunities in education, property ownership—and military service. From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, as the Civil War raged on, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Known collectively as the United States Colored Troops and organized in segregated regiments led by white officers, some of these soldiers guarded army posts along major rivers; others fought Confederate raiders to protect Union supply trains, and still others took part in major operations like the Siege of Petersburg and the Battle of Nashville. After the war, many of the black regiments took up posts in the former Confederacy to enforce federal Reconstruction policy. Freedom by the Sword tells the story of these soldiers' recruitment, organization, and service. Thanks to its broad focus on every theater of the war and its concentration on what black soldiers actually contributed to Union victory, this volume stands alone among histories of the U.S. Colored Troops.