The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, Revised and Updated

The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, Revised and Updated
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Publisher : MSU Press
Total Pages : 701
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ISBN-10 : 9781628953749
ISBN-13 : 1628953748
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Book Synopsis The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, Revised and Updated by : Kim Crawford

Download or read book The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, Revised and Updated written by Kim Crawford and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the hot summer evening of July 2, 1863, at the climax of the struggle for a Pennsylvania hill called Little Round Top, four Confederate regiments charge up the western slope, attacking the smallest and most exposed of their Union foe: the 16th Michigan Infantry. Terrible fighting has raged, but what happens next will ultimately—and unfairly—stain the reputation of one of the Army of the Potomac’s veteran combat outfits, made up of men from Detroit, Saginaw, Ontonagon, Hillsdale, Lansing, Adrian, Plymouth, and Albion. In the dramatic interpretation of the struggle for Little Round Top that followed the Battle of Gettysburg, the 16th Michigan Infantry would be remembered as the one that broke during perhaps the most important turning point of the war. Their colonel, a young lawyer from Ann Arbor, would pay with his life, redeeming his own reputation, while a kind of code of silence about what happened at Little Round Top was adopted by the regiment’s survivors. From soldiers’ letters, journals, and memoirs, this book relates their experiences in camp, on the march, and in battle, including their controversial role at Gettysburg, up to the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.


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