Collis' Zouaves
Collis' Zouaves

Author: Edward J. Hagerty

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2005-03-30

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780807130780

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Led by the enthralling and controversial colonel Charles H. T. Collis, the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry was in many ways unique among the regiments serving in the Union Army. In Collis' Zouaves, Edward J. Hagerty reconstructs the Civil War experiences of this unusual group of soldiers who embraced the flamboyant uniform style made famous by the French army's Zouaves. Recruited in the summer of 1862 from Philadelphia and surrounding counties, the regiment battled Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley campaign and went on to participate in many of the major battles of the war, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg.

Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh
Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh

Author: Joseph Gibbs

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780271021669

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A Look Inside The trials & tribulations of one of the Civil War's most battle-tested units.

The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War
The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War

Author: David A. Ward

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-05-27

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1476630119

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The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers infantry regiment was formed in 1861--its ranks filled by nearly 1,200 Irish and German immigrants from Schuylkill County responding to Lincoln's call for troops. The men saw action for three years with the Army of the Potomac's VI Corps, participating in engagements at Gaines' Mill, Crampton's Gap, Salem Church and Spotsylvania. Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and other accounts, this comprehensive history documents their combat service from the point of view of the rank-and-file soldier, along with their views on the war, slavery, emancipation and politics.

Common Men in the War for the Common Man
Common Men in the War for the Common Man

Author: Dr. Verel R. Salmon

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 810

ISBN-13: 1477106898

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This is the never before told story of hundreds of Americans who went to war in defense of their beliefs, to seek adventure and to see some of the world beyond their rural Pennsylvania neighborhoods. Developed largely in the words of the soldiers of the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry, Common Men highlights some of the men's lives before the war and then carries the reader through trials and triumphs from enlistment, Jubilant send-off, action from Antietam through Gettysburg and casualty, Democracy and the Union are sustained through the actions of common men, men not always given the best of orders.

The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg
The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg

Author: Michael A. Dreese

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-09-04

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0786445777

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While the Battle of Gettysburg is often remembered for Chamberlain's dramatic defense of Little Round Top, Pickett and Pettigrew's tragic charge, and the stand of the "Iron Brigade," less-remembered units like the 151st Pennsylvania were also crucial in the Civil War's most famous battle. The 151st lost over 72 percent of its men to death, wounds, or capture, the second-highest-percentage loss of all Federal units at the battle. This is the account of that courageous unit and its role in this decisive moment in American history.