| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 180 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Shawnee classics |
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Shawnee classics.
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Preface; 1. Battery I is Mustered into Service; 2. Early Campaigns and Garrison Duty; 3. The Battle of Perryville; 4. The Bloody Battle of Chickamauga; 5. The Atlanta Campaign; 6. With Sherman to the Sea; 7. The End of the War: Aftermath; Appendix 1: Life in Rebel Prisons; Appendix 2: Personnel of Battery I; Appendix 3: A Song of Battery I; Index; The Shawnee Classics Series; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Much has been written of the infantry and the cavalry during the Civil War, but little attention has been paid the artillery. Through the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge in 1863 and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and with General Sherman's forces on the famous March to the Sea, the acts of a courageous fighting group are vividly recounted in Behind the Guns: The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery. Originally published in 1965 in a limited edition, this regimental history of a light artillery unit was written by three of its soldiers, including |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865). Battery I
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865). Battery I fast |
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HISTORY.
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Regimental histories
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Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Artillery operations
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Illinois
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Murphy, Samuel J., 1834-1918.
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Putney, William G., 1842-1919.
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Walton, Clyde C
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| ISBN |
0585468311 |
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9780585468310 |
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9780809390373 |
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080939037X |
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9780809390373 |
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