Author: William R. KieferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
History of the One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry
Author: William R. KieferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
History of the One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry
Author: William R. KieferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The History of the One Hundred and Fifty-Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry Which Was Recruited in Northampton County, Pa. 1862-1863
Author: William R. KieferPublisher:
ISBN: 9780722281741
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
“Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”
Author: John Michael PriestPublisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1954547617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, was unexpected, heavy, confusing, and in many ways, decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or “firefights,” a term soldiers often use to describe close, vicious, and bloody combat. Several books have studied this important inaugural day of Gettysburg, but none have done so from the perspective of the rank and file of both armies. John Michael Priest’s “Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”: John Reynolds’ I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 rectifies this oversight in splendid style. When dawn broke on July 1, no one on either side could have conceived what was about to take place. Anticipating a fight and with a keen appreciation for terrain, Brig. Gen. John Buford deployed his Union cavalry in a giant arc north and west of Gettysburg to slow down any Confederate advance until Maj. Gen. John Reynolds could bring up his infantry. By the time the foot soldiers of the I Corps arrived, A. P. Hill’s heavy Confederate formations had pushed back the troopers from the west. Richard Ewell’s troops would soon arrive from the north, threatening the town and its key road network. Reynolds, who would die early in the fighting, poured his troops in as they arrived. The road system and undulating ground broke up command control, and the various ridges, tall ground cover, and powder smoke made target recognition difficult. Brigades and regiments often engaged on their own initiatives without the direction of a division or corps commander. The men of both armies fought with determination born of desperation, valor, and fear. By the time the fighting ended, the I Corps was in shambles and in pell-mell retreat for Cemetery Hill. Its bold stand, together with the XI Corps north of town, bought precious hours for the rest of the Army of the Potomac to arrive and occupy good defensive ground. Priest, who Edwin Bearss hailed as “the Ernie Pyle of the Civil War,” spent a decade researching this study and walking the ground to immerse readers into the uncertain world of the rank-and-file experience. He consulted more than 300 primary sources, including letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper accounts, recollections, casualty lists, and drill manuals to present the battle from the ground up. Nineteen detailed regimental-level maps illustrate the ebb and flow of the battle. The result is a fast-paced narrative sure to please the most demanding students of the Civil War. The footnotes alone are worth the price of admission. Readers will close the book with a full understanding of why a veteran New Yorker spoke for the survivors of both armies when he wrote, “Strong men of the regiment sobbed like children.”
Writings on American History
Author: Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866 ...
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
Book Description
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Author: Catalogue of Library of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Page Nicholson...
Author: John Page NicholsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
Book Description
Writings on American History
Author: In Lieu of a Draft
Author: Lochard H. LovensteinPublisher: Author House
ISBN: 1468536818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
In Lieu of a Draft: A History of the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment documents the daily chores of camp life and the long hours spent waiting to engage the enemy, Historian James I. Robertson, Jr. has noted that soldiers spent more time in camp than on marches and in battle combined. This book presents the uncensored story and explores the deep political divisions within the regiment. William R. Kiefer, the regiment's historian, admitted that many incidents recorded in diaries had to be omitted, because they dealt with certain personal matters, offensive to some of the survivors, but which admittedly would otherwise have added relish to the stories. Kiefer also had to exclude material he felt was heavily tainted with odium cast upon certain officers and written in such partisan style that the reader would find it unacceptable. The battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg are retold through the eyes of the 153rd volunteers as only they could have seen and experienced them. Every effort has been made to present this story as a chronological narrative of their service.