This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- We Will Strive to Do Our Duty as American Soldiers -- The Loss Is Great, the Confusion Greater -- McClellan M

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 t

When it came to the Civil War, Michiganians never spoke with one voice. At the beginning of the conflict, family farms defined the southern Lower Peninsula, whi

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