Maine at Gettysburg
Maine at Gettysburg

Author: Maine. Gettysburg Commission

Publisher:

Published: 1898

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13:

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"It will be found to contain principally an account of the monuments erected by the State of Maine on the Gettysburg Battlefield ... ; a full description of each monument, accompanied with half-tone pictures; the exercises attending their dedication; a statement of the part taken by each of the fifteen regiments, battalions, batteries, or other commands of Maine troops, illustrated with maps and diagrams; a list of participants in each command, with casualties in the same; a list of Maine generals, and staff and other officers additional to Maine organizations; a historical sketch of each command; and a brief summary of the work of the committee"--Preface.

The Road to Richmond
The Road to Richmond

Author: Abner Ralph Small

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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Abner Small wrote one of the most honest, poignant, and moving memoirs to come out of the Civil War. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Third Maine Infantry during the summer of 1861, experiencing battle for the first time at First Bull Run. As a recruiting officer, he helped to raise the Sixteenth Maine Infantry and served as its adjutant. The Sixteenth Maine gained fame for its heroic delaying action on July 1 at Gettysburg, where it lost 180 of its 200 men. It went on to serve in Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia. Small was an articulate observer of all this. He wrote his memoirs with a keen sense of the irony of life during wartime, and with a gift for expression. His descriptions of the dead at Gettysburg, his characterizations of famous men such as Major General Oliver Otis Howard, and his reflections on the emotions of men under fire are outstanding. Small was captured in the battle of Globe Tavern on August 18, 1864. His account of prison life at Libby, Salisbury, and Danville is gripping. Small was exchanged just in time to lead his regiment in the final days of the war. His book reveals more of the inner soldier than almost any other account written by a Union veteran.

The Thirty-second Maine Regiment Of Infantry Volunteers
The Thirty-second Maine Regiment Of Infantry Volunteers

Author: Henry Clarence Houston (1847-)

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016635431

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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine
Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine

Author: Thomas A. Desjardin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-10-29

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0199700249

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Fought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and crucial military actions in American history, one of the key engagements that led to the North's victory at Gettysburg. In this powerfully narrated history, Maine historian Tom Desjardin tells the story of the 20th Maine Regiment, the soldiers who fought and won the battle of Little Round Top. This engaging work is the culmination of years of detailed research on the experiences of the soldiers in that regiment, telling the complete story of the unit in the Gettysburg Campaign, from June 21 through July 10, 1863. Desjardin uses more than seventy first-hand accounts to tell the story of this campaign in critical detail. He brings the personal experiences of the soldiers to life, relating the story from both sides and revealing the actions and feelings of the men from Alabama who tried, in vain, to seize Little Round Top. Indeed, ranging from the lowest ranking private to the highest officers, this book explores the terrible experiences of war and their tragic effect. Following the regiment through the campaign enables readers to understand fully the soldiers' feelings towards the enemy, towards citizens of both North and South, and towards the commanders of the two armies. In addition, this book traces the development of the legend of Gettysburg, as veterans of the fight struggle to remember, grasp, and memorialize their part in the largest battle ever fought on the continent. With a new preface and updated maps and illustrations, Stand Firm Ye Boys of Maine offers a compelling account of one of the most crucial small engagements of the Civil War.

The Road to Richmond
The Road to Richmond

Author: Abner Ralph Small

Publisher: North's Civil War

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780823220137

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Originally published in 1939, these memoirs of a Union NCO who served with 16th Maine Infantry, follow the events of the Civil War from the first Battle of Bull Run, through the Battle of Gettysburg (where the 16th lost 180 of 200 men), to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. Also included is Small's diary entries from August 1864 to February 1865. The CiP information provides the title as The Civil War Memoirs of. . . while the book jacket reads The Civil War Letters of . . . Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Broken Regiment
A Broken Regiment

Author: Lesley J. Gordon

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2018-06-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0807169242

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The product of over a decade of research, Lesley J. Gordon’s A Broken Regiment recounts the tragic history of one of the Civil War’s most ill-fated Union military units. Organized in the late summer of 1862, the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was unprepared for battle a month later, when it entered the fight at Antietam. The results were catastrophic: nearly a quarter of the men were killed or wounded, and Connecticut’s 16th panicked and fled the field. After years of fighting, the regiment surrendered en masse in 1864. This unit’s complex history amid the interplay of various, and often competing, perspectives results in a fascinating and heartrending story.